When your toddler wants to help you clean...
They gotta learn some way or the other...
It is only natural for our toddlers to want to help as they learn and grow.
Some toddlers are more forceful in their approach to help, while others slowly stop trying after one too many attempts at trying.
As parents, we sometimes stray from allowing our toddlers to help us because it can be time-consuming.
But let's be honest with growing and learning, the bigger the mess, the more learning.
But after a long day, it can sometimes be less than inviting to accept help from your toddler.
In the long run, it will be worth it, so try to think about that the next time your toddler is eager to help you.
We saw a classic example of this that has gone viral on social media and wanted to share it here as a reminder to enjoy helping our kids learn now, because we can blink and they will be all grown up.
Watch how this toddler tries to help mom pick up what looks like pet food from the ground and how it ends up causing more of a mess than anything.
Courtesy of Instagram.
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Parents were quick to jump into the comments section to share how they could relate.
Some say that cleaning with toddlers requires another level of patience. Check out some of the comments.
- "When they want to help but their help isn’t helpful, but you know it’s an important learning moment so you continue to let them help"
- "The confidence with which she just dumped it all back on the floor though"
- "and this sums up life with toddlers"
- "This is what parenting looks like for the next 18 years lol"
- "imagine nine of them in a classroom “helping”"
Image Courtesy of Instagram