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How do you explain to a three year old to share?????
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AAArrrggghhh my son is driving me crackers!!! he REUFSES to share his toys with his little brother, no matter what I do!!!!!!!!
DS wants to play with the toys dd is playing with but she's getting really possessive, she keeps snatching things back out of his hands pushing him and has even kicked him!
I keep trying to explain that he wants to feel and play and its called sharing when she lets him play with the toys she plays with.
We played shops this morning and I let her be the shop keeper and she was to let me put things in the basket and vice versa, she was fine with me until I brought ds into play too, she started screaming as soon as he opened the little fridge on the shop and stood in front of it so he couldn't open it, then literally kicked him out of the way and told him to 'Go away, It's mine!'
Why is it ok for me to play and not ds? I don't get it. is this more possessiveness than not knowing how to share???
I know he doesn't play the way she does he is just learning how things work and likes to feel and hit objects together and stick them in his mouth so I wondered if that was it?
DS wants to play with the toys dd is playing with but she's getting really possessive, she keeps snatching things back out of his hands pushing him and has even kicked him!
I keep trying to explain that he wants to feel and play and its called sharing when she lets him play with the toys she plays with.
We played shops this morning and I let her be the shop keeper and she was to let me put things in the basket and vice versa, she was fine with me until I brought ds into play too, she started screaming as soon as he opened the little fridge on the shop and stood in front of it so he couldn't open it, then literally kicked him out of the way and told him to 'Go away, It's mine!'
Why is it ok for me to play and not ds? I don't get it. is this more possessiveness than not knowing how to share???
I know he doesn't play the way she does he is just learning how things work and likes to feel and hit objects together and stick them in his mouth so I wondered if that was it?
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hi hun does he play with his little borthers toys?
if yes then when she has his next u could always say something like is he sharing his toyd isnt that nice of him are u going to share yours with him
if that doesnt work i hate saying this but i had to try tough love
if one of mine didnt share but wanted the other ones toys, take it from her and when she asks y it is a case of well if u cant share nicely then u cant play with his
they get used to feeling bad then and mine actually come back to me and said i didnt like that so i will share as it not nice being horrible is it and now apart from child stresses they get on fine well most of the time lol
good luck with however u chose to deal with it y not ask your hv for advise babe
if yes then when she has his next u could always say something like is he sharing his toyd isnt that nice of him are u going to share yours with him
if that doesnt work i hate saying this but i had to try tough love
if one of mine didnt share but wanted the other ones toys, take it from her and when she asks y it is a case of well if u cant share nicely then u cant play with his
they get used to feeling bad then and mine actually come back to me and said i didnt like that so i will share as it not nice being horrible is it and now apart from child stresses they get on fine well most of the time lol
good luck with however u chose to deal with it y not ask your hv for advise babe
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