This mom won't make her kid share toys, and grownups are not happy
by Sara McGinnis posted in Parenting
Want to rile up parents across the country" Get real on social media about your decision not to force your child to share at the playground. For Alanya Kolberg's family, "sharing is caring" is out the window in favor of allowing children to decide if they'll pass their toys around or not.
"MY CHILD IS NOT REQUIRED TO SHARE WITH YOURS," she announced clearly at the top of a Facebook post on April 19.
The declaration came shortly after an uncomfortable situation with Alanya's son, Carson. She wrote:
As soon as we walked in the park, Carson was approached by at least 6 boys, all at once demanding that he share his transformer, Minecraft figure, and truck. He was visibly overwhelmed and clutched them to his chest as the boys reached for them. He looked at me. "You can tell them no, Carson," I said. "Just say no. You don't have to say anything else."
Of course, as soon as he said no, the boys ran to tattle to me that he was not sharing. I said, "He doesn't have to share with you. He said no. If he wants to share, he will."
That got me some dirty looks from other parents.
Alanya went to to explain, "Here is the thing though:"
If I, an adult, walked into the park eating a sandwich, am I required to share my sandwich with strangers in the park" No!
Would any well-mannered adult, a stranger, reach out to help themselves to my sandwich, and get huffy if I pulled it away"...
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