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From: mcal@ihuxb.UUCP (Mike Clifford)
Newsgroups: net.kids
Subject: Re: "Mine, mine, all mine" -- help
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Date: Tue, 17-Dec-85 08:59:35 EST
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> > In article <32700036@hpfcla.UUCP> ajs@hpfcla.UUCP writes:
> > >Any good advice on "helping" a toddler gently through her "I own it all
> > >and you can't have it" phase?  Rational answers like "no you don't, I
> 
> I only have two, fiarly close in age and the best thing I've come up with
> is when I hear them fighting over anything, I calmly walk over, take the
> object in question, walk to the garbage can (in sight of both of them) and
> deposit the offending item.  This may or may not be accompanied by something
> like. "Keep fighting and ALL your toys will be in the garbage."
> I've only done it three times, the third being the clincher.
> It was the oldest ones favorite Barbie doll!
> 					Addison
> 					ihlpa!ibyf

YIKES!  I can't see what your kids about supposed to learn except that 
you won't take the time to teach them how to work out their differences.
Would you please expound on this?

Mike Clifford