Social Development of the Young Child

Social Development of the Young Child
By D. Elkind
Pearson Allyn Bacon Prentice Hall

In the center of a sandbox in a nursery school stood a steam shovel. Two boys were looking at the shovel when the teacher told them to "share" it and to "take turns." Within moments, the boys were fighting, and each one claimed that it was his turn. Although sharing and taking turns are familiar concepts to older children and adults, they are foreign to the young child.

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