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Our girl is almost 2 years old. Whenever she asks for snack from us, we will give it to her share and an additional share for her to give to mother / father (myself) / her friends / other adults.
Intuitively, I am hoping my daughter will learn to share this way, but there is no proof.
Any thoughts?
As a parent whose child has a peanut allergy, please don't encourage your child to share food.
In our primary school, children are taught explicitly not to share food due to the prevalence of food allergies, our son has always been told not to share food or accept food and still it happens. For some children, this is extremely dangerous.
In our kindergarten, there was a lengthy list of food allergies in the current cohort - I didn't event know you could be allergic to bananas!
It would be okay to teach a child, however not a 2 years old, to share foods, in case you might be living in underdeveloped places with food issues, which does not seem to be the case for you.
Sharing food is an old-fashioned diminishing cultural practice, which is not really an educational concern to be thought to a child of such age. Many cultures are not really fan of such sharings and it is also considered dangerous as dave points out.
