Parenting: Encouraging Helpfulness, Instilling Independence, Building Self-Esteem

Brie is now 3 years and 3 months old. And for the past few months, she's been an active helper whenever we are at a restaurant or a supermarket =) "She's still so small, what does she do exactly?", some did ask me personally. Well, here are some examples of the things she's been doing: 1. At a restaurant - Goes to the cashier and asks for the bill from the staff (only when the cashier is within a good distance, ie. Where we can still watch her) - Goes over to the cashier with the cash and bill (usually accompanied by sister / brother if they're around) - Gives us the change - Orders the drinks (verbally to the waiter/waitress) (It'll be a simple, 'Sir, one Teh Botol, please. Thank you.' =) 2. At a supermarket - Goes over to the weighing station and gives the plastic bag / vegetables to be weighed - Waits for the staff to give her back the bag, gives the bag to me - Arranges (tidies up) the stuff we buy (while she's inside the trolley) - Picks up the stuff from the trolley (while standing inside the trolley) and places them onto the cashier counter - Gives the ATM card to the cashier staff, receives the receipt and passes it to me (Btw, Anya and Vai also were introduced to such activities since they're little. And by now, they help by picking the groceries I need to get, etc)