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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Regarding the "sharing" post - I guess it depends on what is being played with. If the child is playing with their own toys and another mom thinks their child will get a turn, then maybe she should find her child another toy. But if a child is playing with something public (a toy at a shared play area) then yes, the mom with the kid that has it first should teach her child to share with the kid that is obviously wanting a turn.

We all take turns, don't we? I saw that the (seemingly nasty and not sharing mom) had written that we don't share our own houses, jackets, cars, whatever. But we DO share public telephones, seats, gas pumps, whatever (having a hard time thinking of adult public "shared" things - but you get my point)[/quote]
Sorry, but I just don't agree,  I tdon't see the point in making a child give up a toy he is playing with so someone else can play with it.  I have never done it that way and never will.  It is  not just about the other child, if my child wants a toy someone else had, too bad, find some thing else.  Find a rock, what ever.  They have no problem with it.  I think it takes away the anxiety of having some kid hanging out waiting for someone to say, okay jr's turn.   Who ever thought of that anyway.  Public or not.  That is just my on opinion and I am sticking with it. :)[/quote]

Sorry, but if you are at the park, that swing does not belong to you, or any other kid at the park.  Turns need to be taken.    When you go to the gym, do you lay claim to just one treadmill, and one treadmill only?  If you have been jogging for two hours, and feel like you could be done, do you just stay on it longer so that you don't have to share?  Kids do that with swings and toys, and it is our job as parents to teach them that they need to take turns.  Sure that doesn't mean your child needs to stop playing with something right away, but if it is a public item, he has no claim to it, and should only have it for a limited time.[/quote]

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