Comments on: How to Raise a Helper https://rhythmsofplay.com/how-to-raise-a-helper/ Art, Crafts, DIY; Raising Creative Outdoor Kids Fri, 27 Mar 2026 01:19:44 +0000 hourly 1 By: nell https://rhythmsofplay.com/how-to-raise-a-helper/#comment-17313 Wed, 23 May 2018 03:26:30 +0000 https://rhythmsofplay.com/?p=6456#comment-17313 In reply to Clare Kennedy.

Priceless! She was so excited to help grandma paint her living room walls that day. One of my favorite pictures!

]]> By: Clare Kennedy https://rhythmsofplay.com/how-to-raise-a-helper/#comment-17311 Tue, 22 May 2018 21:15:37 +0000 https://rhythmsofplay.com/?p=6456#comment-17311 omg the pride on her face with the paintbrush how sweet!!!!

]]> By: nell https://rhythmsofplay.com/how-to-raise-a-helper/#comment-10836 Thu, 22 Sep 2016 17:42:31 +0000 https://rhythmsofplay.com/?p=6456#comment-10836 In reply to Melissa Walp.

Exactly Melissa! So glad you find this to be true as well. It’s not always easy, is never perfect, and can get downright ugly at times but setting up helpful habits from the start is the only way to help them learn to fly 🙂

]]> By: Melissa Walp https://rhythmsofplay.com/how-to-raise-a-helper/#comment-10826 Thu, 22 Sep 2016 00:07:13 +0000 https://rhythmsofplay.com/?p=6456#comment-10826 I love this! My 17 month old always wants to help me unload the dishwasher by bringing me the silverware one by one. Yes it does take much longer than it would if I did it myself but if he starts doing it now it will become second nature to him. Parenting is all about doing the hard work on the front end so you don’t have to have those battles when they get older.

]]> By: nell https://rhythmsofplay.com/how-to-raise-a-helper/#comment-9916 Thu, 07 Jul 2016 05:34:24 +0000 https://rhythmsofplay.com/?p=6456#comment-9916 In reply to Alicia Owen.

I’m so glad that you are enjoying it! I know how painful it can be, and sometimes we just have to do it on our own, but helping them learn to help us will pay off in the end. Keep up the good work mama!

]]> By: Alicia Owen https://rhythmsofplay.com/how-to-raise-a-helper/#comment-9907 Wed, 06 Jul 2016 17:41:27 +0000 https://rhythmsofplay.com/?p=6456#comment-9907 Can’t wait to read the rest of the series! This is something that my husband and I are constantly working on with our 3 year old. We’re really impatient, to be totally honest, so like you said, it’s literally painful sometime letting her help. ha ha Especially with dishes. Gah! I hate doing them to begin with.

]]> By: nell https://rhythmsofplay.com/how-to-raise-a-helper/#comment-8889 Fri, 03 Jun 2016 03:44:20 +0000 https://rhythmsofplay.com/?p=6456#comment-8889 In reply to Teri.

That sounds wonderful Teri! It sounds like you are doing a magnificent job of raising a helper! I know you still have to do most of the “work” but soon you will look back and have so much gratitude for yourself, and your little helper, because you took the time to give her the tools to help herself. Isn’t that what it’s all about? Be sure you read the next article in the series “15 Ways to Raise a Helper.” It hits on a lot of what you mention above. And stay tuned… there is more to come!

]]> By: nell https://rhythmsofplay.com/how-to-raise-a-helper/#comment-8888 Fri, 03 Jun 2016 03:40:17 +0000 https://rhythmsofplay.com/?p=6456#comment-8888 In reply to Harriette.

Thanks Harriette! We think she’s pretty cute too, and quite helpful… most of the time anyway 😉

]]> By: Teri https://rhythmsofplay.com/how-to-raise-a-helper/#comment-8811 Thu, 02 Jun 2016 13:26:51 +0000 https://rhythmsofplay.com/?p=6456#comment-8811 My daughter has been helping since she could walk, her favorite toys are a little vacuum and a broom. Now she is 2-1/2 and has her own “jobs” (which honestly I have to help so much that I am essentially doing it myself but I frame it in such a way that she FEELS like she’s doing it herself) she waters the plants, feeds the cat and the fish, picks up her toys, gathers/throws away trash, gathers dirty laundry,moves wet clothes from washer to dryer, gets diapers for brother, carries in groceries (I make one or two very light bags for her) helps select items at grocery store and pushes the cart, as well as many other little things! She loves it and beams with pride. I make sure to give her hugs and/or hi-fives and tell thanks sooooooo much for being an awesome helper

]]> By: Harriette https://rhythmsofplay.com/how-to-raise-a-helper/#comment-8334 Wed, 25 May 2016 15:19:30 +0000 https://rhythmsofplay.com/?p=6456#comment-8334 This is one of the cutest things I’ve ever seen!

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