Do you let your kids put salt and pepper on their own food at dinner time?

The foods that are prepared in south India either for lunch or for dinner, does not require separate salt and pepper. Everything is mixed in the food in such a way, that it is quite sufficient to have a required taste.

well i love salt and pepper myself,but for my babies that are so young,the one loves salt and pepper.so i have a extra shaker and i put a pinch of each in one and he doesit himself.i think its because he just loves to see the specks of black on his food,i dont know.hes only 3.

My kids are 13 1nd 14 and they do salt and pepper their own food. I didn't let them start until they were 12. They made too much of a mess, and I watched how much they were taking in.

Yes I always have salt and pepper on the table- I think I always have- My daughter isn’t into either- unless it’s salt when we are eating corn on the cob-or pepper when she has cottage cheese- I don’t use much salt or pepper either- And now she is 10 and puts her own on- I think I let her at about the age of 7—but I help her.

I don't actually put salt on my food unless its already on there i.e. takeout stuff. My husband has salt with his food and allows my 5 year old son to put a little bit on if he wants it. I have never been a salt eating person so even though we have both salt and pepper, it hardly gets used. The only time I salt things is if I am making food for my hubby LOL weird aye!

I love salt but am a great believer in not letting kids get used to the taste of salt - very hard to stop taking it once you start! My 14 yr old gets to add a little salt to food as long as he has checked to see if it needs it first - myself or my partner though still putr salt on my 6 year olds food if she wants it though - I would rather she only for a little and she is very heavy handed! xxx

i dont really think young children need to have salt and pepper on their food. sauce yes but not salt and pepper. i grew up with now being allowed to have it on my food, other than what it was cooked in.

My son is 7 and insists on putting his own salt on, but I give him the little shakers that you buy in a pair and then throw out when they are empty. It's easier to get less at a time. I do have to watch him though, because it takes time for kids to figure out how much they want, and they always want more than you think they should have. In time, I should be able to let him salt without supervision.

I am under the impression that toddlers and children do not need salt and pepper on their food. It isnt healthy for them either. I try not to salt my own food, especially notinfront of my toddler son, because then he wants some, and he doesnt need it, it's only because i got into the bad habbit of using salt that i need salt, so i think the longer they go without, the better. Usually if he does see me put salt on my food, then i pretend to put it on his food and he is satisfied with that. A friend of mine lets her five year old daughter put salt on her own food, and she uses way too much. She'll put some one, then eat a bit, then put more on, then eat some more then decides she needs more! Its definitely a bad thing. I admit though, i am addicted to it, or was far worse addicted before i had my son. I used to have it on everything at dinner. I had to wean my way down to less, because it got to the point where nothing had taste unless i had salt on it, i couldn't even taste the food. So now the only food i really have it on is chips and fries. Those kinds of foods. I season some food with salt and pepper while i cook it, so therefore it doesnt need the extra once it's on my plate.

well i dont have any kids but my mom tought me not to put salt because abusing from it isnt good for you and i'll prolly do the same with my kid