When do kids understand sharing

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Great blog post Jen — captures much of the research we and others have been doing in our research in prosocial development. Always a pleasure to check in!

Thanks, Tara — great to hear from you too! Other readers can find my interview with Dr. Callaghan on encouraging creativity and artistic ability here.

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Billy dissolves in a flood of tears. Toddlers are in an egocentric phase of development, just starting to recognize themselves as individuals with their own things. Give-and-take is hard for kids this age, who have yet to gain a clear understanding of time or a sophisticated grasp of language.

When there was a tussle brewing, Oakville, Ont. But then put special possessions away. Identify items your child is comfortable sharing. At the local family drop-in centre, three-year-old Ava is holding two yellow school buses in her hands, when a little boy tries to take one. Ava clutches them more tightly. Ava walks over to the boy, hesitates, but then hands one over. But this is also the stage when empathy begins to blossom. Preschoolers will still need lots of coaching to solve conflicts, but a better understanding of time helps.

Fraser has found that encouraging her daughters to ask and wait discourages snatching and hoarding. Can I be this girl?