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Small-Scale Question Sunday for July 9, 2023

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You have to teach them strategies for when they both want conflicting things. For example, if both of my oldest want the same toy, I restrain the kids from grabbing it out of the other's hands and ask them to use their words first.

"Can I have that?"

"No!"

Then I ask what they want to try next, find something to trade or to wait for their turn.

Because I have two kids close in age, I am able to teach them this in person, as conflicts happen. If I didn't have a brood, my single kid would have to learn these lessons in a different environment, most likely from a different person who might not be as good as I at teaching this lesson.