I taught my kids the importance of sharing. Then I became a nan and have come to the conclusion teaching kids to share is cruel

By example
By watching video’s on youTube kids on sharing
By positive reinforcement / praise when your child shares
By prompting to share in a gentle way when your child is hesitant to do so

I think there was an article on here about taking turns rather than ‘sharing’ not sure that works with food/treats/lollies etc

I think time teaches them, and just talking to them and letting them know. They are learning all the time.

get them to offer it to someone else….thats hard

how did you teach them

there are some good comments here

We taught our 3 kids to share starting with treats. One lolly snakes are the best and cut into 3rds. That way if there isnt enough for everybody there is nothing for everyone. As for toys the person that got it off the shelf or toybox has it first but that doesnt mean that they cant play together they just have to compromise. It easy with supervision and not used as a babysitter. Then when its pack up time they do it together again sharing the responsibility. Sharing comes in all forms from settng the table to cleaning up not just about toys.

How are you going with teaching them to share?

Some great ways to introduce sharing. I will keep these in mind

It’s tough! We try and praise him hugely when he does it and use positive reinforcement.

how did you go?

some great tips that I will need soon too as mine is about to go to playgroup!

Some good answers here – hope they are useful for you.

these tips will help me too…

Some really useful advice here.

Sharing is a tough one because the child thinks “whats in it for me?”….and pretty much at that age there are no bonuses so its tough…
But you can teach them that its not right just to take things off others and if someone tries to take something of you then you have the right to say “NO”….but if someone asks nicely if they can play with the toy you are using then you can tell them that as soon as you are finished you will give it to them.
It takes a while to find the balance.

I have 3 kids 2 girls 1 boy in my house sharing is caring so they can all play with each others toys but my one rule is when they do argue is who ever had it first plays with it and when they are done then the other can have it and it works

By teaching them that people need to have ambers or they get nothing!

Simply say my house, my rules. We share here and yes you can have a turn but you need to wait and give it back to your child. Stuff all this kiss kiss we do in society these days. There is no respect because parents don’t want to say no to their children.