Labor Day: More Than a Day Off—It’s a Day to Discover What Problem Your Job Can Solve!

Labor Day is a time to celebrate the people who work hard every day to provide for their families, serve their communities, build businesses, create products, teach, care for others, and make our world a better place.

But this Labor Day, I want to encourage kids and teens to think about work in a different way.

💡 Every job solves a problem.

A teacher helps solve the problem of learning.

A chef helps solve the problem of feeding people.

A doctor helps solve health problems.

A graphic designer helps businesses communicate their ideas.

A business owner sees a need and creates a product or service to meet it.

And guess what?

Kids and teens can be problem solvers too!

🚀 What Problem Can YOU Solve?

One of the things I love about creativity is that it doesn't require you to have all the answers.

Sometimes, it starts with simply asking:

Why?

How?

What if?

Those three questions can lead to an idea—and that idea could eventually become a solution.

That's why I created the FREE Labor Day Job Problem Solver Challenge.

It's a fun printable designed to get kids and teens thinking about the connection between work, creativity, problem-solving, and purpose.

Instead of simply asking, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” let's start asking:

“What problem would you love to solve?”

That question can open up an entirely different conversation.

🍡 From Problem to Purpose

This idea is also at the heart of my children's book, The Best Marshmallow Treat Ever.

The book is about confidence, creativity, and problem-solving, and it was created with young people who discovered that their ideas could become something bigger than they imagined.

That's an important lesson for our children:

Your idea matters.

Your creativity matters.

And the problems you notice might actually point you toward your purpose.

Imagine what could happen if we encouraged our children to stop saying:

and start asking:

✏️ Try the Labor Day Job Problem Solver Printable!

They may come up with a million-dollar idea!

They just need a willingness to look at a job as a way to solve problems and imagine the possibilities.

🎁 Get the FREE Labor Day Job Problem Solver Printable

I've created a printable to help your child put this idea into action.

Download it. Print it. Grab a pencil. And let them start solving!

👉 GET THE FREE LABOR DAY PROBLEM SOLVER PRINTABLE

And when you're finished, don't forget to ask your child one more question:

“What problem can I solve today?”