my 4yr old DS has fibbed for the first time today about another boy in his nursery hitting him. All to get his hands on a scooter! Anyway, the staff at the nursery had spotted what was going on, so he was told about fibbing and not acceptable etc. (DS has told me this BTW).
I asked what had caused him to do that. It was all down to DS wanting the scooter the other boy was on. When he asked for a turn, apparently the other had said 'when playtime was over' which had frustrated DS. So there is a certain amount of baiting / top dog type stuff going on between them. DS had resorted to his next strategy which was fibbing - which got him into trouble.
He's never done this before and I can tell the whole experience distressed him.
What i'm looking for are some tips of what to tell him in order to develop his skills in dealing with situations that don't go his way.
Telling the teacher obviously will become the "I'm telling on you" scenario which isn't ideal!! So I'll give that a miss.
He can become fixated on a object so he's no angel. He is more confident / dominant at home than he is at nursery and I think he finds certain characters harder to deal with. (I think even most adults find these challenges at some point!)
Tips in the box please!!!!!