Toddler not ready to share anything at all...
umahere posted on Tue, 11/17/2009 - 12:57
My daughter is more than 2 years old and she is so possessive about all her things that I cannot tell. She does not allow any other kid to touch her toys even if its a broken toy. She will not even build blocks with other kids.
And the worst thing is that she readily plays with other kids toys. Infact the other day I went to a friend's place who has a son of her age. She happily played with all his toys infact she wanted to bring back home one of the toys. I was very embarrassed at this behavior of hers.
How can I make her share with others?
A 2 year old does not know the meaning of sharing. These days kids grow up in single family and all the things they own are hardly shared by anyone so definitely they have no idea how to share things. The best thing we parents can do is set a good example for them.
For my kids that is what I have been doing. I always share some tasty eatables with them. Another thing that I have been doing since their childhood is that if one of my kid gets some chocolate or snacks I make him/her share with all his/her siblings. This way they know how to share.
Whenever you get a chance keep giving an example by doing so and using the word share. But the most important thing is that even after this effort be sure your kid will not be in a mood to share all the time specially something that is their favorite.
umahere, you are talking about sharing with friends. My son was not ready to share his old toys with his baby sis. At this age kids do not understand the concept of sharing. Now after a lot of effort my son is accepting the fact that he needs to share with others.
The things I did was:
1. I shared things with him. Like my food, my hair notebook and pen if he wanted to write etc. And when I did so I told him that I was sharing with him.
2. I told him that him he does not share he will not be allowed to play with his sister's toys.
3. I told him that as he was older to his sis he needed to set an example so that when he wants to play with his sis toys she will also share.
4. I told him he need not share some of his favorite toys as those were just for him. This gave him a feeling of ownership.
it was great learning. i am struggling with my son's behavior. and this will certainly help.
thank you very much.
If I think of sharing at my age there would be many things I would not share then how can we expect such a small kid to share.