we teach our children to share

We have a neighbor friend who has three little boys. She gets them for the weekends. I think the oldest is 11 or so. My grandson has them over on the weekends. They are loud and obnoxious, seem to think the rules we have don't pertain to them. I have always taught my kids to share and to help clean up if they are at someone else's home. When it came time to go home I told them to get busy cleaning up. They looked at me like I was crazy. Refused to help so I told them they couldn't play here if they didn't want to clean up.(We'd had this problem with them several times and I had been more than patient.) My daughter went over to her boyfriends for the week end this last week end. I heard the kids knock on the door and I just ignored it. I am such a meany.

I think it is innate to most people to share whatever we have, to those we see as needy. One morning while riding a jeepney to work, i was fumbling through my bag for a loose change for my fare. But what i have in my wallet is a big denomination of bill. So when i try to pay the driver with it, he said please give me the loose amount because i have no change yet for a big amount. A woman in front of me, gave him my fare and she said, she was just returning the favor of somebody paying her fare when she was in the same situation. I thank her profusely, and i had the chance of returning such favor to another person in that situation, one day too. It's a nice feeling indeed to have done that.

Personally there is nothing wrong with sharing and giving things to a stranger. You really need to stop and think about what if it was you, and you were the one in need? Would you hope that someone would give back to you? I know the Bible teaches give unto others and they will give back unto you. Now if you do not feel safe, or feel you are being used, then I do not give, but my husband and I give to the homeless out there every week. We bring them sandwiches and talk with them for a while, and sometimes pray with them thru a homeless ministry via our church. It has truly been worth the reward.

I normally never went anywhere with any extras. Just your typical water bottle that we recycle by filling it up with water. I don't know if anyone want to drink out a already opened bottle. I don't see wrong with a child sharing with another child. It teaches them that sharing is a good thing, that will follow them through life. Now my kids like to share their snacks, which never bugged me. If my kids didn't have enough to share, they wouldn't be eating them in the first place. It's not fair to be eating something in front of someone when you don't have enough to pass around. I'm still trying to instill that quality in my youngest child.

Hello winterose, That is really nice of you to share something that is really yours. It is a good way to teach your child because the best teaching is by example. Anyway, I also have an experience like that, together with my mother, my brothers and my son. We were eating in an open restaurant and people can just come and go, even those kids who would ask for alms can enter the restaurant. So, while we were eating this kid came and ask for money, but my mother ask where he will spend the money. The kid answered that he is hungry and will use the money to buy food. So, my mother just ordered additional rice and gave him some of our food. In this way, he doesn’t need money anymore because his stomach would be full already. Take care and happy mylotting red_amethyst

My father taught me to share and I always share with anyone. The only rule is stop sharing with one when you feel you're starting to be taken for granted. Else I do share and most of the time it comes back at least doubled one way or another, plus there's the advantage of feeling good about myself :)

Yes, I think we all share at one time or another in our lives. I have given my toys I loved to kids who had none. To family I always share. Always get extra cups for that reason alone and if another child wanted it I would surely share. Although kids shouldn't drink out of the same cups and such because of certain types of diseases that can kill like meningitis

oh yes. i had 2. my 2 middle children that i had to keep an eye on their sharing. i taught them all to be sharing and caring, but those 2 would give to the point they had nothing them selves. actually they are much the same today even grown. once my son was pumping gas and a bum came by and asked him if he had some change. after paying for the gas, my son gave him one of the 2 dollars he had left. i said son, what if hes going to buy liquer with it? he said, well, thats him, but if hes hungry i know i did what i could.

My 9 years old daughter got her allowance yesterday and I told her to budget it well because it is the school foundation day. They will got to spend the day eating, playing and having fun. She was with an older playmate and when they return to me, she told me she bought 2 drinks for herself and her playmate. I think that was good, if they know how to share without even asking from them. They have to learn to be sensitive with others needs even at the young age.

Thanks for sharing this and teach your kid to do so.Yeah,indeed,we should learn to share with other people.My dad always tell me this.So lol,i also have such stories like you,we should be a nice person.Have a nice day.

It is not. we teach our children to share as we behave in a friendly the better. I teach my children to be sociable and also be able to know how to behave with others and also with their parents. we really need to teach our children these things. interesting discussion. nice day!

Yes I have shared. I used to go to this old drafty church. It was cold in the winter. I have covered up my pastor's little girls with my coat or sweater or blanket...whichever I had at the time. I would go cold myself to keep them warm.

It's good that at a young age, the child already learns the value of sharing to others especially the needy ones, but we also have to inculcate in them that not at all times is sharing good because with this vulnerability, comes the ordeal of being an easy victim of abuse when they age older. I love sharing too but of course, as we grow older and think more maturely, sharing could mean something that is out of the great picture of generosity. It could be more than the usual sharing of good things to the less fortunate. But all in all, learning to share at a young age is a good thing for a parent to teach to their children. :) Happy MyLotting!

Hi winterose, I teach both my child to share with others and to be extra careful with strangers. But on top of it, we must teach our children how to be sensible, witty and proactive to life in order to survive. Its a sad fact that the world we have now is rampant with unfriendly factors. To share is a good values but others asked too much more that what you can give and offer. I had an experience once, when i gave a dime to a street kid, instead of saying thank you in return, the kid replied - this is only you can give? your dime can't buy anything.