Find ways for your toddler to complete simple tasks successfully. For example, taking dirty dishes to the sink or a pail after eating; putting on shoes before leaving the house; returning items such as books and toys to shelves that have been built low enough for them to reach.
Having opportunities to practise expected behaviours independently through daily routines helps create and maintain appropriate child behaviours as it gives children consistency and helps with planning abilities.
Consistent routines are associated with less impulsivity, aggression, and oppositionality among children. Koblinsky, S. A., Kuvalanka, K. A., & Randolph, S. M. (2006). Social skills and behaviour problems of urban, African American preschoolers: Role of parenting practices, family conflict, and maternal depression. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 76, 554. (Level IV) Lanza, H., & Drabick, D. (2011). Family routine moderates the relation between child impulsivity and oppositional defiant disorder symptoms. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 39(1), 83–94. (Level IV)