I pretty much agree with what everyone else said, especially Lydia. Usually if one kid asks for something the other is playing, I set a timer and the original player gets 5 more minutes before he has to share.
I have a friend who doesn't make her kids share at all, though, and it makes me crazy. If we're at their house, and my kid is playing with a toy and one of hers says, "That's mine. You can't play with it." She says, "Sorry, he doesn't want you playing with that." and makes my kid give it back...and usually he just throws it on the floor because he doesn't want to share but doesn't actually want to play with it. CAN SHE REALY NOT SEE WHAT A BRAT HE IS?? But she can't. At all. I think that if you don't want other kids playing with your stuff, you should put it up. If it's laying on the floor in the living room, though, it's fair game. {Sorry, just needed to get that off my chest, lol.}
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