Should Your Children Prepare & Cook Meals?

grew up with people telling the kids to get out the kitchen, no kids allowed in the kitchen. And when I became a mom I just allowed my home to be a kid home. I do get judged for it,but I do not care. I think children need to be able to know how to cook and cleaun up afterwards. It is a fun thing for them to do. And my office is right here off the kitchen, my door is litterally between two counters. I see everything. My 12 yr old started cooking when she was in 2nd grade. She scared us all she woke up one saturday and made only herself scambled eggs,toast,peaches,and turkey bacon. I asked her why did she only cook for herself and she said I been watching and I am getting bigger plus I am not waiting for you people in this house to cook for me saturday. We could not get her to stop it. she kept sneaking when we were sleep. It still scares me when I think about it. Because she was using chairs to cook and no matter how much we would tell her no its not safe she just kept on. She is tall in junior high school and is a very good cook. and she is very cautious and safe in the kitchen...Thank goodness!

I think it is important to teach your children to be independent. My oldest cooked on the stove for the first time when she was about two. She too stood in a chair and was 100 percent supervised. She wanted sausage and didn't like the way I prepared it so she asked if she could prepare it herself. I thought i'd humor her but to my surprised, she prepared it better than I. My mother was also standing near and she got a really big kick out of it. Thank goodness she was not as interested in cooking as much as your child, we had no worries about her using the stove without supervision. You must have been concerned for her but look at her now! My hat off to your daughter.

Speaking of diservice to children a lot of people think that children should be taught chosre at certain ages. No they need to be exposed from birth. Simply by saying poopy diapers go to the trash we don't leave poppy diaper on the counter he lives in the trash can. That teaches them. If a 2 yr old who is just learning to speak properly can cuss they can learn about responsibility at home. for us cooking is a family thing also. sometimes we cook and do not eat. Cooking is an art for as well as a responsibility. and that is why children should be allowed to participate in cooking.

You got me in tears because I can see her now eyes wide to stir in the cheese and milk. Our children love when we give them responsibility. It is when we do not that they grow up to be iressponsible. My daughter was 4 and I let her her help me prepare the formula for her brother. She knew how much to measure and she wanted to make it. She is 18 now making bottles for my sisters newborn and my mom said she does not do it right. My mom said I should not have let her to it when she was little because now she is clueless as to how to make formula. When she was little no one believed that she did it correctly until they saw her but she was a fast one she was walking and talking at 6 months. She could hold a convo at 1.