It is so interesting how different aged children relate to each other. My 6 year old plays great with his friends. No screaming, fighting, arguing. They just are.
My 2 year old, on the other hand, has not yet figured out the art of sharing or playing with someone. We are teaching him so hopefully he will learn how to give toys rather than take them. It is interesting how self-preservation comes into play. And how we have to teach children to act against that innate tendancy to look out for themselves.
As I said, we are teaching them, at their own levels of understanding, how to play with their friends so that each person can be happy and satisfied and enjoy the time together. But in the meantime, those of us who are more mature must run interference with the 2 and 3 year olds. And sometime the 6 year olds. But mostly the 2 and 3 year olds.
Repetition is probably the best thing. Break up the screaming and fighting and sort out who had what and who hit who and repeat, again, how to behave. This teaching is not an art form I have personally figured out completely. But my 2 year old is challenging enough that I should be a pro by the time he is out of this stage.
I hope.
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