A Policy about Property “I don’t want to live in a family where we wrangle over every little thing. I think it’s important to establish a general policy about property. I explain to my children (three and four-and-a-half) that most of the things in the house are for sharing. For instance, Daddy just bought himself a set of screwdrivers, but if I need to use one Dad won’t say, ‘No, you can’t. It’s mine.’ And I just bought myself a new blender, but if Dad wants to use it, that’s fine with me. I’d never say, ‘Don’t you dare touch it; it’s mine.’ So the general idea is that most things in the
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