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Monalisa Singh has a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Information Technology). Having worked as a software engineer for 10 years when motherhood knocked her door, a writer was also born. She is a mother of a lovely 3-year-old son and writes blogs under different categories like opinion, life experiences, travel, lifestyle and photoblog at https://livefreelifewithmonalisa.wordpress.com/. Apart from her own blog, she works as a freelance writer for a variety of other sites.

Instilling the Habit of Sharing: How to Be Positive About It

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(This article is part of the Positive Parenting FAQ series. Get free article updates here.)

How to Teach a Child to Share - MainWe all know the expression, “Sharing is caring.”

But sharing is also so much more than just caring, isn’t it?

Teaching our kids to share their toys, story books, or at times their favorite food, is another way to teach our kids how to be compassionate—not just towards other kids, but in general with people around them as they grow up.

Sharing is not always an easy habit to instill though.

If you are a parent with two or more kids, you’re likely more than sick of the constant sibling fights related to not wanting to share. Somehow, a toy never looks quite as appealing to a child as it does when her sibling is playing (peacefully!) with it.

And like me, if you are a parent of a single child, instilling the sharing habits takes on a completely different form. I have a 3.5-year-old son, and considering that he doesn’t need to share his toys with anyone during the course of regular play at home, I find it really hard to introduce the concept of sharing to him.

I’m an aspiring positive parent. As with other things I teach my child, I want to go about this as positively as I can. I have been trying a few things, and I’m happy to say that things are certainly looking up when my son has play dates with other kids.

Here’s what I’ve found: 

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