July 28, 2007 02:25 PM EDT
Oh how confusing....get a couple parents in a room with their toddlers and the negotiations start...we try to get our independent thinkers to say please and thank you. Oh - what do we do when they take toys from each other? What if they yell, hit, kick each other?
The toddler experts of the day say to just let them figure it out, because they will. As long as adults are there to make sure everyone is safe, a little arguing and testing of boundaries are healthy for toddlers who need to learn about interacting with other children.
It is so hard to watch. I want to interrupt, to model "proper" behavior, but they are so caught up in their own dynamic that they are not listening anyway.
So - my friend and I decided to test it with our little two year olds and...it works. They figured it out and ended up having a nice time together!
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