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Rules of Toddler Play
June 9, 2009
Instructions for living a life.
Pay attention.
Be astonished.
Tell about it.
-Mary Oliver, poet
-Mary Oliver, poet
- If I like it, it's mine.
- If it's in my hand, it's mine.
- If I can take if from you, it's mine.
- If I had it a little time ago, it's mine.
- If it's mine, it must never appear to be yours in any way, shape, or form.
- If I'm doing or building something, all the pieces are mine.
- If it looks like mine, it's mine.
- If I think it's mine, it's mine.
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These "rules" are a variation on one of two Toddler's Creeds which have been around for many years - and posted on many a classroom wall.
Some sources credit Dr. Barry Brazelton with the first publication of this creed while others credit Burton White, and still others say that it's origin is unknown.
In any case, I think that this set of Toddler beliefs is accurately titled a creed because these statements describe the tenets of a toddler's belief system regarding ownership. It is inaccurate to call it a set of rules - since most adults do not accept this creed as true and spend significant time trying to get toddlers to "share".
United States
I hope the authors are not taking credit for what I have forcurragh years posted in my classroom as the Laws of Toddlers -- I don't know who codified them...but I'm sure it wasn't Hogg and Blau.
Jackson State Univ.
Ridgeland, MS, United States
The same appears to be true of my wife!
Petaluma, CA, United States
This is nothing new! I'm surprised that any one author can include these 'toddler rules' in a book as they've been around for 20+ years and I understood that the author was unknown. The 'Toddler's Creed' as this is also known has been written in many different forms but it always helps those caring for toddlers to understand them a little bit better.
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