Another parent asked my son to share.
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Um this is delicate as it is two, I would have said to the mum oh my child has onky had them for a couple of minutes do you mind waiting until he has finished. Does he have issues with finishing and moving on?
I probably would have asked if they wanted to play with them together first if they were toys from the playgroup (if they were his toys i wouldn't have asked him to share)
@Kat thanks I’ll definitely try this next time as I often make him wait his turn if another kid has a toy he would like to play with. he doesn’t really have issues with finishing and moving on he is actually easily distracted and moves on from toys quickly at playgroup.
I would do that as he has had a turn and may making sharing easier and as you said thats the rule you teach your child also
@Kat thanks again naturally I made him share but than I started to feel guilty as he didn’t have them long. Just wanted to know if it would had been out of line for me to say no in the future.
It is okay, it's hard as social situations are hard and as parents we do feel obligated to make out child do the hard stuff, and probably confuses them because we are trying to teach them to wait but having to stop their play as another child doesn't want to wait, it becomes tricky. But I do believe in having turns, personally. And im assuming your child was so focused on losing the toy and found it hard to play again and this does give a negative feeling to sharing and makes them resist harder. It's okay to be gentle and still teach sharing and do t feel guilty we are so hard on ourselves, and he sounds like he was playing beautifully so take that as a win
Yes in a playgroup session it’s important to share with others