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As your toddler will have probably done very little socializing with other children they will not have come across many opportunities to share, and the first time another child snatches their favourite toy away may just be the first time your child whacks someone. Show them how to share by giving a toy to one child to play with for a certain time and then explaining that it is the other child’s turn with it.

Find a different toy to be played with in the meantime. When the time is up ask the child with the favoured toy to pass it to the other child and make a fuss of him when he does and vice versa.

If you have children coming to your house and your child has a very special toy, ask him if he is happy for other children to play with it, although they cannot take it home, or would he rather find some other toys they can play with and put the special toy away until they have left? Children are far more co-operative if they have had a hand in making the decision.

Also note that if you are visiting another child’s home that favourite toy had better remain at home if your child does not wish to share it, as long as he chooses another toy to take.