When Should I Teach my Child to Cook?

my daughter is 11 but since last year, they had cooking in their school, even though they're not really the ones cooking, it's the teacher, atleast they were learning. and i do teach my kids on how to turn on the stove and am starting to teach them how to cut using the knife, well, basically, im teaching them the basics of cooking.

If you take the necessary precautions, I believe that you can help and teach her how to cook even at a young age. Make sure that health and safety measure are observed. If there is fire to put on or an electrical equipment, make sure that you are the one to us it not her. @ ronaldinu 2008

i think there is no problem if you do teach her to cook. i was also taught by my mom to cook when i was younger. i guess its great for me and i appreciate knowing how to cook at a young age

The first thing I learned to cook was a grilled cheese and I was about 7-8. I have 2 sons and 2 step daughters, my son's were helping me in the kitchen since about 3 they would stir and add ingredients, both love to cook now one is 19, the other is 13. My 13 year old will even come up with his own recipes and cook diner at night. My 2 step daughters, they were 7&8 when I came into there lives, and my son would show them how to do things and now when I dont feel like cooking they will prepare the meal, we also have recipe night when everybody picks a recipe to prepare, and they love bakeing cookies and cakes, etc. The girls are 13 and 15 now. I think your daughter is the perfect age to start learning about cooking, youll love the smile and joy she will have with her first Cake or Cupcake, or her first time to take care of mom and make her a special lunch to share. Goodluck and God Bless.

I started cooking at a young age. I do not remember what it was that I first cooked though. I know that by the age of about 12 I was cooking full meals. For my kids I have made a rule, then can help with cooking but they can not use the stove or oven until they can touch the controls with both feet firmly planted on the ground.

I think kids are never too young to help with the cooking. It is good that she is showing an intrest because it is a helpful skill to posess. The first thing i learned to cook, form scratch, was spaghetti bolognese when i was 15. I used to cook thing like sausages and chips but this was the first proper dish is learned.

My two girls started at the age of 11 because they have a subject in school that teaches them the basic of cooking and both love to help me out in baking too.I let them do the stirring,mixing preparing the ingredients.there are times when I go out my eldest would volunteer to take in charge in cooking.Well,that is something to be proud of with kids now,they at least have the initiative to learn and be involved like your daughter. I was a third grader when I started to cook(9 years old then)That was when my mother gave birth to one of my 8 siblings.I was fond of watching and helping my grandmother cook,especially during the preparations of lots of special foods whenever town fiesta comes.Spaghetti was the first food i learned to prepare.It gave me more interest in cooking during highschool days,