My boys are working on sharing their toys with each other. This weekend we celebrated my older son's 5th birthday with the family and he got a few gifts and his younger brother got a couple of things as well to keep things "fair" for he who struggles with understanding that notion. A few tantrums, pokings, sluggings, wrestling matches, and out-and-out brawls later, and progress seems to be being made. They now have a total of 4 different pirate ships, including the officlal Pirates Who Don't Do Anything boat and one boat that is tub friendly. Tonight they managed to play with all them and share their favorite character figurines and even take a bath together without...too much anyway...fighting. Usually, the attitude is, I don't care if you want me to share, its MINE! I don't care if it is not fair, its mine!
We are working on improving that attitude. How to make my sons care for their brother and their neighbor? Part one is modeling the appropriate behavior myself. Need to work on that in the days and weeks ahead
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