How do you handle arguing in your classroom?

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Here's how I handle it in my classroom:
If it's a simple problem, I have the kiddo tell their friend why they are sad and how it makes them feel. Most of the time, the friend will apologize. It's always been a pet peeve of mine when people apologize and it's met with, "It's OK," So I have taught my students to respond with, "Please don't do it again."

I feel like I've trained my students pretty well to discuss their feelings and own their behavior.

But for the biggies that can't get solved that way, we'll normally step outside, I'll hear both sides of the story, and we'll come up with a solution so that everyone is happy. Works well for my firsties.

On another note, tattling is huge for kinders and firsties and drove me nuts. A few years back, I had a "Tattle Jar," but I named it something else, but you get the point. If someone wanted to tattle, they'd write it down on a slip and put it in a jar. Eventually, they realized on their own that it wasn't worth it to waste their time to write it all out (plus it was a lot of work for them), which got them to see that it wasn't a big issue to start with. Best thing ever and eliminated tattling with that specific class, because it was such an issue that year.