To Share Or Not To Share

Is it right to make your kids share? We teach sharing to our children from a very early age:  share their toys with their friends, siblings, classmates. 

But is sharing the right call when it comes to siblings? One thing to consider as we encourage the sharing narrative amongst siblings, is that we instantly make them equal to one another, and to each other. 

And in turn, this simply triggers a child’s innate desire to want to feel special and unique in the eyes of the parents. And in order for them to feel this way, siblings who share, often become competitive rivals. Because to be the ‘best’, the ‘fastest’, the ‘tallest’, and so on, means you’re not the same, you’re uniquely different. 

So it's important to treat siblings as unique persons, who at times share, but other times, have things that are uniquely theirs. 

Do you agree? Let us know your thoughts :)