Children and being a "snitch"
 

This weekend I encountered two different situations where parents were reprimanding children for being a "snitch".
These were both good church families and the information given was information that needed to be shared.
This had disturbed me.
Any thoughts on this?

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In an era where "snitching" is touted as virtuous, maybe it's a good thing that children learn to have discretion.

No idea of the situations, but it would seem that tale-bearing ought not be the default response to everything? Only if truly warranted.

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It reminds me of saints know serious sins that other saints in service in the church are doing, and they don't inform the pastor for fear of snitching. The pastor needs to know!

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Any "saint" should be offended by sin: and if it offends us, we
should FIRST go to the one who is offending...and you know the rest
of the story.
(And please don't just take your best friends as witnesses)

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The areas I have lived in and live in now do not regard snitching as virtuous.
"Snitches get stiches".
In general I thought it was a a "worldly" attitude that encouraged children to keep their mouths shut.
That is why I was somewhat amazed to find it in the church.

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Well, a lot of older folks grew up with "loose lips sink ships". The Bible teaches two things: discretion and a negative attitude towards tale bearing on the one hand, and confronting and exposing sin on the other hand... with discretion.

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Good point.

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First hand knowledge of a sin is different than gossip.

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I'm not sure what would be the best approach with children in that area. It's a very complicated area. No simple piece of advise fits every situation.

So if the general approach of the parents is to say snitching is always wrong then there is a problem. If it was just snitching in this issue then maybe okay. It's hard to say with just a snapshot the parent/children interactions.

That's a given.

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how do you justify this in light of Scripture advising us not to take offense? Where is the line iow?

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There is a big difference between taking offense and training children the difference between what information needs to be given to adults.

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certainly :)

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children usually snitch because they wish to condemn tho, right? Joy is even derived from it. So i would think some lesson that showed this would be the more important, tho i'm not sure what that would be.

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Children?
I think adults are more prone to this!
Lol

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:lol ya

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Wrong doing needs to be reported to the proper authorities, at all times. If my children are doing something wrong, say, at a playground, but I didn't see it, and another child came to me and told me what happened, I would be thankful and would address the issue immediately with my children.

This is basic morality. Crimes needs to be reported. Abuses need to be reported. So do sins, if they are harmful to the over all body (e.g. fornication).

What is the world coming to when one's proper duty is being relegated to a street thug mentality of "snitching"?

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well, i think a concept of "tattle-tales" has prolly been around since forever, and the tension between gleefully telling on someone else to indirectly elevate self v dutifully revealing sin after having first approached the sinner in private might be illuminated in your example; no kid will likely come to you about one of your children's playground infractions--they will take the info to the proctor, yes?