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GREED? (An incident in the garden, all names have been changed) Oleg blows bubbles on an evening walk. Only he has a bottle of soap solution. Some children try to beg a bottle from Oleg. Oleg blows bubbles with pleasure and doesn’t think about sharing (his dad bought these bubbles for him). Then dad comes for Oleg and watches as Gleb begs Oleg for a bottle. Oleg: “No! Will not give it back!". Here a kind dad takes a bottle from his son’s hands and says “Give it back!” kindly gives it to Gleb: “We’ll buy it again, don’t be greedy.” Tears well up in Oleg's eyes... Dear parents! Now try to imagine that your neighbor has come to visit you. And he tells the hostess what good frying pans she has, “especially this one.” The husband takes the frying pan and gives it to his neighbor. The husband says to the perplexed wife: “Katya, give the guests the frying pan, we’ll buy more.” The wife, coming to her senses: “No! Will not give it back! That's mine!". To which the husband was perplexed: “What are you, greedy?” and to the neighbor: “Take it, fry it, we’ll buy more.” Tears well up in my wife’s eyes...Can I ask you - is this GREED?..Or maybe it’s a good sense of ownership and maintaining your personal boundaries? Advice: sometimes put yourself in the child’s place…