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Behaviour · 3 min read
Sharing is not a skill yet
What to expect when two toddlers and one toy meet, and how to set the room up instead.
Part of Growing Principles
Turn taking begins to appear around three years. Before that, toddlers play beside each other rather than with each other, and ownership feels absolute.
Set the environment rather than the rule: duplicates of the popular items, enough space, and a short sand timer when one object is genuinely unique.
Parenting guidance
Choices, rules and testing what happens when.
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