One of the things that most of us parents try to teach our children is the art of sharing. This is especially difficult when the child is around 2 years old............or at least it is difficult with Samuel. He started out sharing and thought that it was fun. He enjoyed being encouraged and liked the positive attention he got when caught in the act. But somewhere in the last few weeks he has discovered that no one will ask him to share if he does this one particular thing. All of his siblings squeal and back away from things and they just give him what he wants when he does it and he still gets all the attention...................................... He has mastered the art of "licking" everything! He licks his bike so no one will ride it, he licks the toys he wants so no one will play with them, he licks a spot on the sofa so no one will sit there and he licks all of the food he is given (even if he doesn't intend to finish it) so no one else will try to eat it. I guess most creatures have some way of marking their territory and this is Sammy's way.
