Is sharing a protective trait, a natural habit in humans?
Recently I read a book in which the writer explains that at an early age he earned an amount of money ...... his father insisted that he shared it with his siblings
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. I don't agree with that, if the 'job' was his, he was specifically requested for the appt., then surely he should have been able to keep the amount himself?
How did others feel about sharing as children? As the eldest I had to share, I was also told by my Mother, "You are the oldest so you should know better" if my sister cried crocodile tears ....... I had to allow the younger ones to play with my toys but I wasn't allowed to play with theirs ..... I can see now that it was my narcissistic mother, 'telling' me that I wasn't good enough to play with anything other than 'mine'
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. It still rankles !!!
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I can understand a mother sharing the last bit of food with a child in extreme circumstances and I can understand lovers caring in such ways, however .......... once other animals are weaned they are quite literally, on their own!