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[quote=Anonymous]My approach is "don't be an asshole."

That means you don't take the greatest toy in the world to a playdate and then refuse to share. Just don't take it.

Don't sit with a pile of toys and claim them all for yourself for all time.

If the toys belong to the park, play space, church nursery, whatever, and there are other children, you don't have to share (as in, let them play while you're playing), but you do have to take turns. And that means you might not get to play with the toy as long as you'd like, because other people need a chance before it's time to leave. Those are community toys, not your personal property.

I've read the thing about the kid taking the action figures to the park and not sharing, but the punchline of that is HE DID SHARE, just with his friends, not a bunch of random people.

When my kids want to take toys where the situation is not 100% under my control, as in, I don't know how many kids will be there, I don't know the parents, I can't manage all play situations ... I warn them that things may get broken or disappear. I don't make them share, but I do tell them other kids may want to play with their stuff, and that they will have to be the ones to say no.

It's far easier to avoid these situations by, say, putting the action figures in a bag and taking them out when you are with the friends you planned to share with.[/quote]

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