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Teaching a tot to share?

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Hannispan · 06/10/2010 11:17

Any tips on teaching a two year old to share? I've just had a horrendus play date where she has snatched toys, hit her firend to get her to drop toys and thrown toys at her friend when she didn't get her own way. The other child left in tears - luckily the mum is a good friend of mine and quite understanding :-) However, this is kind of the breaking point of her behaviour recently. She will kick, bite, snatch, scratch, throw things, scream to get whatever object she is after. She does this on other people's houses when the toys aren't hers. I've tried having a timer so each child gets 3 mins with a toy but she refused to wait for the timer to ping. I've also tried having one special toy that she doesn't have to share but that didn't work either. If she behaves badly I also don't let her have whatever it is that she is after. Thanks

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ppeatfruit · 06/10/2010 11:37

You can't teach them to share until they are intellectually capable of understanding the concept.It's like walking or talking they're all different and some do it earlier than others.

ppeatfruit · 06/10/2010 11:41

Hannispan see if you can find a copy of a really good book on child development by Penelope Leach. She is only 2, a baby really, give her time and remove her from the difficult situations.

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