My friend and I both have children that just turned 2. We were at a public pool and 2 boys there each had a toy dinosaur that they were playing with. Her daughter went up to them watching and wanting to play with them and they kept turning around ignoring her and not playing/ sharing their toys. I felt that it was their toy and I tell that to my son so he doesnt expect to be able to take it or play with it. She snapped a comment about how her daughter has to share and she couldnt believe that these older boys were behaving that way and that the parents who were close by would let them be selfish and not share or would even let them bring a toy to place like this and set up this situation. What do you think about this type of situation?
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rcButter says:
I don’t think they are obligated to share the toy. Maybe the other parents were thinking she should teach her child how to respect other people’s property. Get the picture? It goes both ways.
She was making a big deal out of nothing. She should have simply called her daughter away and told her she was there to swim not play with dinosaurs.
liblies says:
How old were the other boys? If they were a lot older I can understand them not sharing, but if they were the same age, maybe. Your friend can’t expect everyone to live by her rules, just because she doesn’t see it as right, doesn’t mean that others share her opinions. Live and learn on this one I’m afraid.
adrian<3 says:
I think kids need to know how to share–no doubt.
But, this situation is different. You don’t share with people you don’t know. If someone would have came up to you and asked if they could drive your car you wouldn’t have let them..so why should this be any different?
Sharing is good..don’t get me wrong. But just because someone next to you has something you want doesn’t mean they are obligated to share it with you.
Beth says:
Sounds like she’s the selfish one! She should have brought toys for her daughter and not just relied on every kid there to be willing to share. I mean, if a kid is playing with a toy, then they’re playing with the toy. I don’t even understand how sharing would work with a toy like that. That lady is a moron, just ignore her.
tish-ka- says:
If the boys were playing with the toy. Then too bad it’s their toy. On the other hand we usually bring a bag of sand toys to the beach. I have no problem wit kids playing with the toys i bring after all if my kids aren’t using them I am glad they are going to good use. I didn’t just bring them for nothing. If my child goes over and plays with someone elses stuff. I don’t tell her she can’t I just tell her to make sure she puts it back when she is finished.
~Love says:
I wouldn’t have let my daughter go over there expecting to play with their toys. I don’t find nothing wrong with my children sharing their toys but they wont go up to other kids expecting to play with their toys. They won’t have to share on demand but they can share.
For the record, I don’t have kids yet.
Tattooed says:
its their toy
u were in the right i believe…
its the parents of the child choice
although if the dinosaur had belonged to my son
i would have expected him to let someone else play with it to
once it hits the park its community property
lol
♥Songbir says:
My opinion on sharing is that since it was the bos toy and these boys were strangers they are not expected to share but they can if they want to.
Had these boys been friends of your son then yes, the right thing to do would have been sharing.
If this toy was property of the public pool then it is to be shared by all users of the pool.