Young children are by nature self-centred, and childcarers must understand this if they are to help them develop maturity, writes Dr Richard Woolfson
As you'll have already discovered in the nursery, the typical two-year-old is very self-absorbed. When she wants a toy to play with, for example, she expects to get it right away and she isn't bothered by the fact that another child is already playing with it or that you've already told her she can't play with it until later.
As far as the egocentric toddler is concerned, she comes first. The thoughts and feelings of anybody else do not matter.
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