Read a little bit of "7 Habits of Highly Effective People" today...

Inside it, there is this part that quoted this example of this little girl at her birthday party and her daddy. She had just received lots of presents from her friends and they were all crowding around her and wanting her to open the presents and share with them.

But she refused to open any of the presents and grabbed them even tighter. Her daddy then walked into the room and noticed the scenario. He immediately felt embarassed as his daughter's behaviour only reflected upon the lack of his parental teachings. So he went over and started cajoling her. Firstly, he talked nicely to her, and he tried to reason out with her that if she is to go to other kids' house, she would also like them to share their toys with her. Then he tried bribing her with a sweet. After that, he got angry and threatened her with scoldings and beatings. But all he got was a "NO!!!"

At that moment, he noticed the parents looking at him awkwardly. He kind of felt he was in a trapped situation and the next thing he did was to forcefully pull the presents away from her daughter and gave some to the kids to play.

Well... the story ends here...

Anyway, the point is that, the father soon realised that only THROUGH POSSESSION THEN CAN YOU KNOW HOW TO SHARE... which i feel is true. When only you truly have something, or maybe through growing up, and when you slowly start getting things of your own, then you will learn how to share. But then some people don't have much, they will also share things with others. In the end i think it depends on the teachings of the parents.

Just like what the father say later, he is simply showing his weakness when he took the toys away from his daughter. He is relying on the strength of others and in a way depending on others. He could simply had gathered the kids and tell a story or hold some activities.

Well... very interesting stuff... only shows that there are many ways to handle different situations...