Sharing

I apologize in advance if I go off on a little bit of a tangent here... I have a tendency to do so sometimes... and I'm a little feisty today!  Haha.

Sharing is over rated if you ask me.  I don't like to share certain things.  I have things that are mine.  I worked for them, I paid for them, they belong to me.  Why should I have to share them?  I don't.  Not always.  So why do we teach our children that they MUST share everything?  My husband would say that I am in this line of work because I am, myself, just an over grown two year old.  I relate better to children than adults.  He's probably right!

If you've read any of my other posts, you probably know that I view parenting as a chance to teach our children how to function in the world later.

Let me give you a scenario:

You're at work, you made a really yummy dinner last night and you brought leftovers for your lunch.  Someone else in the office smells it and asks to share half your lunch.  Maybe more people come in and want some of your lunch.  Do you HAVE to give it to them?  If you share with everyone you won't have more than a couple bites left for your own lunch.  You do not HAVE to share.

You buy a new toy for yourself.  A snow machine.  If your friends call you up and people start showing up at your door asking to use it, do you have to let them?  No.