SHARINGAND

TURN-TAKING

Children who act like this are not trying to be mean. Instead, the social skills of sharing, taking turns, and

waiting for turns are simply not yet

part of their behavior.

As noted by Katz and McClellan (1997), “Turn taking involves being able to detect cues in a partner’s behavior that indicate that he is about to bring his turn to an end; to discern the moment that would be the most

propitious to press for one’s own turn; and so forth. Mastery of these skills takes

time and lots of experience.”