My son is cooking dinner! :-)

Mom started teaching me to cook while I was only 3 or 4, I did the same thing with my son. My husband and I now split the cooking. My son, who is now in the Navy is planning on going to culinary school when he gets out. He is an excellent cook. I am hoping he can cook healthy delicious food and make a living doing that. So many places we go to, are excellent tasting but serve the cardiologist mostly. I want to be able to go eat out every night with out worrying about my health.

I started to cook basic things around the same age but i did not show intense interest until late high school age. I now cook dinner every night I am home. My mom has accepted that I have surpassed her cooking abilities. Now when we have a family gathering I am the primary cook and everyone seems to like the stuff i make. I would like to teach my children how to cook one day. I believe it is a very useful skill. I find it funny how my girlfriend cannot cook at all LOL. if we get married i will probably be the main cook. but i dont mind, i love it! ^_^

My Dad used to cook the Sunday dinner at our house when we were kids. By the time we were eight or nine, one would be designated to help him with the preparation of vegetables, Yorkshire puds, stuffing and laying the table, etc. and the others would be given either cleaning duties in their bedroom, or washing up duties. I think it's good for youngsters to learn how much preparation and cooking/washing up duties there are to a meal, and also to learn to keep their rooms clean. Brightest Blessings.

I've been experimenting for a couple of years now--in the kitchen that is. (You ever have those creations not even you can eat? It's been a while, but I have to snicker at myself anyway.) These days, I'm a good cook--relatively speaking, not yet great, though. I wish I had free time and economic opportunities to really learn to cook--especially food that is friendly for people with colitis and IBS, and foods that are all around good for the digestive tract.

I am the primary cook and dishwasher of this house - however my teen son does enjoy cooking - he is away at school right now. he is a pretty good cook but is not always conscious of balancing the meals nor is he efficient in cleaning up after himself. my teen girl could care less about cooking - but loves to eat it. my little one loves to watch everything I do with cooking - very observantly, and she likes to help by cathering different ingredients.

when i was 10 years old.i used to cook for my family.in the coutryside of china many children do the cooking at this age.but i find nowadays the children dont like do these things.their parents dont let them do that too.so many children now dont do cooking.if they do we will be surprised.just like what you be.right.but that is just a normal thing.you feel good?yes ,every parents do feel good.

So, what did he cook for dinner? How did it taste? I think it's wonderful that he learned to cook, and now wants to continue, as a way to gain independence and help the family. As for me, I was never that interested in cooking, and never that good at it. My husband, on the other hand, loves to cook, and is extremely interested in cooking, as well as being extremely good at it, so he is the one who does the cooking in our house.

Cj is 10 and he is also taking an interest in cooking. He likes to watch me and his dad while we make dinner together on the weekends. We'll even have him help with something minor when he wants, as to not get him hurt because of his having Autism. But he'll make his own breakfast in the mornings on weekends. He does, 'Toaster Strudel' and 'Eggo Blueberry Waffle' in the same toaster. He'll get himself some juice from fridge and a banana if we have them. He is so proud of himself and so are we.

Wow make sure he keeps cooking not to many men now of these days cook anymore. I wouldnt mind learning how to cook someday but I just dont have the time wich sucks. But good for you maybe he will become a chief someday and he will cool for you guys wich is every mother or fathers dream.

Good for you and him! Independence is a good thing. I was probably about 10 or 12 when I learned to cook. Wasn't at home but at friends houses. I actually married and do know much about cooking except what I learned from my friends and from grandma. I personally feel that ALL family members should have responsibilities and put forth toward the household in some way.

oh yes. its funny that my three boys always wanted and liked to cook for themselves when they would get home to late for dinner. also, many times when i would work late. funny thing is my two girls would always ask the boys to make them some also seemed they never cared to cook. but it did make for the boys to be able to cook when they needed to or even wanted to. now they are all very good cooks and the strange thing is even the girls cook better then me i was never much of a cook.

Every boy should learn how to care for himself, then he will not be tempted to live with a girl just to be taken care of. And what woman doesn't love a man that can cook for her once in a while?

Well lucky you! I have four kids ages from 6-14. My daughters are the oldest and all enjoy cooking and baking. My youngest, my son, helps whenever the girls allow him to. I also believe it offers them a feeling of responsibility and self-confidence when they get to cook or clean...something large enough for the whole family to recognize. I think I was about 7 or 8 when I started cooking, only because I had to help out around the house at an early age. My hubby sticks more to the grilling, and well, I take up most of the slack...otherwise we'd be eating pizza 7 days a week...LOL!

That is the same age i started to cook now i am in college majoring in culinary management and in 5 to 6 years i'm going to open my own restaurant. So if he does really love it you should let him. The same way my mother let me follow my dream i wont be were i be now.

all my kids learned to cook simple things pretty young. I think it is great for them! If any of them wanted to cook dinner then I always agreed to it. Like you said, it gives me a break and they learn a lot from it and it is good for the esteem.. They did pretty good most times. And there was never any pressure. If something went wrong....we'd just call for pizza. Actually, I don't ever remember resorting to pizza when they cooked....that would be my cooking fatalities.

That is really nice. I am the cook in my house at the minute I have been cooking since I was about 13, learning at school and then cooked for myself from 15 or so. My son who is 8 has shown a lot of interest in cooking and so I have started him off with ready mixes for the time being and then I have a few childrens recipe books and will eventually get him on that. Its hard to get the time with him to teach him because I have two other children who are not really bothered about cooking but as soon as I say something to my son about getting him in the kitchen they want to do it too so it can be a bit of a trial trying to get that quality time with him. I have to let them take it in turns at the min!!

Wow, that's great.. at the age of 13, he's already showing some interest and independence! =) I was 20 years old when i have had the interest in cooking.. yea, kind of late but better late than never.. when i have moved out from my parents house, i have learned how to be independent and responsible.. I have learned through reading cook books and recipes online.. my specialty is filipino cuisine, my hubby's favorite.. =) but i must admit that i am not as good as my mom.. my mom is the best cook i have known.. she can cook anything from scratch..=)

I think I started cooking when I moved into a new apartment and that is like six years ago, that time I might have been very young, fourteen I guess. The reason I need to cook is because my parents are working and with my grandma moving away to take care of my little cousin, I was responsible to cook. I actually heated up everything, make rice and then cook some vegetable and that is one dinner. It's simple and easy. But I never actually cook cook like making a whole feast or dinner. My mom does that. I still need to learn from her.

I do just about all of the cooking at my house. I am a thirty two year old male and I actually like to cook and bake. I work nights so I'm home during the afternoons and it makes sense for me to get lunch and dinner going. My children are a little young to cook. When they get older, I want to teach them to cook and I certainly hope they enjoy it. Sharing the kitchen and helping the family out should create a stronger bond between our entire family. I am really looking forward to being a part of my childrens experience in the kitchen.

Your son will be only 13 years old cook,and i think you should be proud of your son!Because you have a grate son !In my family my mother cooking in general is,In fact ,when I 12 years old ,i have tried to cooking . But it is very difficult to eat it .Ha ha !