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[quote=Anonymous]Some of you, including OP, are so entitled.  If someone brings something to a public space, you don't get to automatically share it.  Parent your children to understand boundaries, including other people's things are off limits unless they offer them.

I teach my children the rule that everybody's family rules are different.  For example, when we bring toys to the playground we share as long as we are not actively playing with a toy.  If you put it down, someone else is allowed to play with it.  But I also teach my children that they are not allowed to use someone else's toys unless they ask and the person says they are allowed to use it.   Yes, we taught this when they were 18 months.  They didn't always understand, so we would state the rule and then divert them to something else.  Yes, when they are young, they will regularly gravitate to the flashy, bright toy.  But you tell them consistently, "No, not yours." and redirect them.  At that age, I usually brought a bag with a couple of toys they liked like balls that could be used to help distract them.

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