It's a fine line isn't it? Sometimes it's helpful but when it's nonstop-all-day-every-day it can wear you down bigtime! I had a little girl who was exactly that kind of child. I had to ask her all the time-nonstop-every-day 'not to tell me but to tell her friend instead'. It really did work and by the time she was going off to JK she had learned to talk through things with her friends instead of running to me. I was very proud of myself!

Her parents told me that at home she even told on the pets, so they couldn't tell her to talk the pets. That job was entirely mine here at daycare to teach her how to get along with other children. And her parents love me for helping their child overcome this problem. That JK teacher will never know how much time I saved her!