I have been caring for a 3 YO boy who is an only child for about 3 months now and he is driving me crazy with his attention-seeking. Less often, he does the negative attention stuff, but it's the constant pull for attention (asking almost ridiculous questions to keep my attention - What colour is the sky? Why are we eating?, etc.) and if he is not getting it that way, he is whining or tattling on every move of every other kid in care all day! His parents adore him and although they say that they will not acknowledge the demanding or annoying behaviour, I feel that he must be having it reinforced somewhere... I've tried to spend a little more one-on-one with him, but it just seems to make it worse. Also tried time-outs for the tattling.

Any advice as to how to resolve this is GREATLY APPRECIATED!!! Thank you!!!