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Daughter wants to eat cake meant for mommy - should I let her decide herself?
You would probably enjoy watching or reading about the marshmallow test.
It was an experiment done on children around your daughter's age (some were a bit older) to see how well they can resist a ...
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What to do when child asks from older kids and they refuse
I don't think you could/should have done anything different. You were correct when you said that you can't force people to share their things.
If the child who refused to share was your child, you ...
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Pre-teen refuses to talk about day, activities etc. How to encouage her to share?
Have you tried doing stuff together, cooking, playing a video game, playing a board game, walking the dog? Its often easier for teens (and pre-teens) to talk in situations when they aren't looking at ...
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Shall we keep asking our child to share her food?
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 ...
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How do I teach my 7 year old son to share things?
Tit for tat won't work. If you're teaching anything, it would only be a lesson in how to be petty. Doing the opposite might work, but you shouldn't do it for the wrong reasons.
People share things ...
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Daughter wants to eat cake meant for mommy - should I let her decide herself?
You let your daughter make a decision and she made the choice most children her age will make. Ideally, your wife could have pretended to be very sad or angry ("That's not fair!") right after that, ...
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What to do about my extremely possessive 3-year-old who doesn't mingle with other kids?
Make it clear that his things are his, and he gets final say on whether or not to share them. Making him feel that he has control of the situation, at least with respect to his own toys, will make ...
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Shall we keep asking our child to share her food?
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.
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Seeking advice, guidance and tips for behavioral improvement
Welcome!
I have nothing to say about breastfeeding after two. It's your decision and it doesn't matter what I think. I never had the opportunity so I leave that to people who have.
Discipline. If a ...
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Pre-teen refuses to talk about day, activities etc. How to encouage her to share?
Direct communication is hard, especially when asked because it quickly feels like an interrogation, especially for children. "sitting her down in my office" almost sounds like you are her ...
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What to do about my extremely possessive 3-year-old who doesn't mingle with other kids?
* Editing to mention that the previous answer didn't show up for some reason when I came to read the question, but I think we end up saying the same thing essentially. *
I have a pretty non ...
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Balance between sharing and being taken advantage of
Point 1: Concerns are always valid, but are sometimes unfounded.
Yours are both valid and founded. What I mean is, it is valid to be concerned for the social development of your child, and the ...
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What to do when child asks from older kids and they refuse
It's possible that the other child was lying because he didn't want to deal with the backlash if had said "You're too young, I'm afraid you will break my game". In the future, when you ask if your ...
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How do I teach my 7 year old son to share things?
As I believe I posted elsewhere on this site--I believe my kids learned generosity and to share easily precisely because they were not asked to share too early. A quick anecdote: My brother and sister-...
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Seeking advice, guidance and tips for behavioral improvement
I don't think breastfeeding is an issue here, so I'll jump to main points.
I suggest trying playful matter to solve cleaning up the toys. You coild say that toys love to get to their own places after ...
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Pre-teen refuses to talk about day, activities etc. How to encouage her to share?
It does sound like it started a bit early, but it's not so uncommon as to be worrying!
In order to pick the right solution you have to have a good idea of the cause... different causes even have ...
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Pre-teen refuses to talk about day, activities etc. How to encouage her to share?
"she was interested in what I have to say"
Continue with this and remain patient. She may eventually began to mirror you or not. In any case, the interest stands for an open channel to have ...
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How do I deal with my friend's daughter taking away toys from my son
I usually associate crying, shouting, upset and moody with a hungry or tired child.
Feeding my children usually improves the situation. Snacks, fruit, yogurt or a meal if it's time
The going to sleep ...
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Balance between sharing and being taken advantage of
Walk over the other parent and be very nice and tell them what happened. Don't bring up the past times it happened, don't make her feel bad for messing up her job as a parent. Just stay focused on ...
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How do I teach my 7 year old son to share things?
Well I would say you can try reading "It's Okay Not to Share" by Heather Shumaker. It's an enlightening approach to this very topic.
In my house, things in common areas are common use items with ...
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My three year old wants everything my five year old is playing with
I would suggest getting him more toys of his own - toys that his sister would also be interested in, so she will want to borrow them from time to time. Then make it clear that lending toys is ...
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How do you teach a toddler not to share?
Learning to share is very important, but so is learning to take turns. In this situation I would just gently hold my child back and remind him that he needs to wait for his turn, or ask the other ...
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Should I discourage my son from "stealing" toys from Let's Rock Elmo?
Yes, it's just a toy, however I also think the way the play with toys can sometimes be an indicator of how they'll play with other children or animals. We ask our children to play carefully and ...
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