This Week’s Focus: Teaching Toddlers to Be Useful

Why Toddlers Need Purpose In many homes, toddlers are treated as spectators. They are told to “go play” while the real work happens somewhere else. Yet idleness is rarely a blessing for the very young. A toddler with nothing to do will often find mischief—pulling things from shelves, climbing where they should not, or pestering older siblings. Their little bodies are full of energy. Their minds are eager to explore. When that energy and curiosity go unguided, trouble soon follows. God designed human beings for purposeful work. Even Adam, before the Fall, was given the task of tending the garden. … Continue