Toddlers naturally love to help, and we need to encourage it endlessly

Written by Andrew Gioia on August 8, 2020  ·  2 minute read

One of the bigger surprises with toddlerhood for me has been just how the drive is to help and be a part of the team. About 2 years ago we saw this surge in helping as soon as Daniel was mobile and able to say basic things. I had fortunately read a bit about this in a parenting book a few months prior and we’ve (thankfully) always made it a point to route the help towards actually helping out in some way, even if it took 10x longer or was just some tiny part, and to always encourage it.