not to share. Teach them to respect other people’s property and that they may not always be able to have what they want.• Always give your child lots of encouragement and praise when he shares.More lifeskills: Washing handsLooking after a pet

Patience may be a virtue, but as every parent knows it's not one that many children posess. Refusing to wait their turn and throwing a wobbler when they can't have everything right now are common traits of early childhood. Teaching your child

, or practise dressing a soft toy. There are also books about getting dressed  to familiarise your child with the routine. Recommended titles include Buster Gets Dressed by Rod Campbell and Black Dog Gets Dressed by Lizi Boyd.   More lifeskills from Junior:Sharing

be inclined to cooperate and share in other areas of her life as well.More education from Junior:Five ways to teach coloursTeaching your child a second language

“I was always a water baby,” says Rebecca. “Every family holiday there would be a big group of us, with the children spending practically every waking moment in the pool. I loved being in the water and was always pleading with my mum, ‘Please can we go swimming, please can we go ...

Here are some top tips on on how you can help your child:If you think your child is gifted or talented, discuss his abilities and needs with his teacher or headteacher. All schools should have or share a Leading Teacher for Gifted and Talented

, Friends of the Earth, for reuse. If I can’t share out pre-loved clothes with children the right age, or shift them at a Swish swap (a posh clothes swap party; www.swishing.org), they are put in a nearby clothes bank.Most of the objects in our house have a

quite easily because they are not self-conscious and kids figure out ways to talk to each other and they are little sponges. When they get older, that becomes an obstacle. When kids become self-conscious and they don’t share language, what we found was a