When Did My Child Become So Selfish?
Babies are almost always trying to give their toys to someone so that they can be given back. They develop their social skills through their interactions with their toys, their peers and their parents. So when do our children go from being so giving and loving and sharing to selfish? For us, it happened right around the age of 3. Sometime between the ages of 2 and 3, children become incredibly self-centered and extremely possessive of what they define as theirs. This includes objects, people, pets and even programs on television. While they may have seemed natural at sharing before, … Continue reading