The Blabbermouth

Behavior: Specific attitudes and actions of this child at home and/or at school.

• Has a compulsive and uncontrollable need to talk about someone or something.
  
  
• Tells tales and is a known source of gossip.
  
  
• Spreads rumors and drops innuendos.
  
  
• Will talk to anybody, anytime, about anything he/she knows and considers significant.
  
  
• Wants and needs only a listener.
  
  
• Would reveal the life secrets of a best friend to any stranger who would provide a listening ear.
  
  
• Has a social problem caused by a distorted self-concept.
  
  
• Seeks attention by telling secrets.
  
  
• Experiences fear, anxiety, and rejection, which lead to the offensive behavior.
  
  
• Doesn't care what he/she talks about, as long as he/she can talk to someone. Will even run him/herself down.