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[quote=Anonymous]Is it normal for a 19 month old girl to be extremely selfish to the point that when she goes to the playground with a toy she screams "mine" or, worse, makes a really mean/aggressive face to any child who so much as looks at her toys or simply walks in her general direction? She will stare at the child and do this annoying thing where she sticks her tongue out and and blows (kind of like blowing raspberries but with her tongue out) in an attempt to stop them from even looking at her stuff. She won't quit until they she thinks they no longer pose a "threat" to her. This is very tricky when the playground is busy because there will be other kids walking close to her and looking at her all the time.

I know kids are pretty selfish and some selfishness is normal, but I have never seen anything this bad. None of the other kids in the playground do this. I have never met a kid who does this. And I've met some pretty difficult kids who bite, kick, etc. I'm not sure what to do about this. I tried not allowing anything to be brought to the playground, but even then if a child wants to play with something from the playground that she is playing with or walks in her direction, the same thing happens. I also tried showing her that we can take turns playing and make a big deal when she shares, lots of positive reinforcement. I have been doing this for at least 2 months but it's not helping at all. In fact it seems a little worse, because before she only screamed mine, now she does the mean face and tongue thing.

Is there anything else I can do? [/quote]

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