do you allow your kids to help you cook?

I appreciate you as well as your son too. I think there is very rare that son cooks and help their mother but your son in doing that right? So nice of your son. Yes it is a great learning experiences for him because you can't reach everywhere with your son so that time he can cook himself without depending on others.

I let mine do simple stuff. She likes to scrabble eggs, shred cheese, peel hard boiled eggs, mix (boy does she like to mix), squeeze boxes (mayo, spaghetti sauce, etc).

My kids did and now my grandkids do. I think they learn alot from helping. My youngest granddaughter loves to bake...especially cut out cookies. She will help with almost anything but those are her favorites.

i think it is a good idea that kids are allowed to participate. when my kids were younger, i do not allow them to cook but to her in the preparation. accidents can happen, you know. so i let them peel fruits, cut veggies, or do anything that they can to help.

yes I let my children help me cook that way if I'm sick they will know what to do my oldest is 11yrs old and knows how to cook very well

My son is going to be 2 in October and one of his favorite evening activities is helping me cook. I think it is a greta bonding tool. He loves to help mix anything when we bake. When it's time to put our baked goods in the oven he steps back and says "hot". :) he has a chair that we slide up close enough to the stove for him to see but not close enough to get burnt and he loves watching everything simmer and boil. I think it is wonderful for our kids to love to watch and help cook. These are useful tools they're going to need later in life. Who knows maybe one day they'll be cooking for us. :)

Hi there kristinad! You are absolutely right. Letting our kids join us not just in cooking but in simple household chores together makes the relationship closer and closer. I do allow my son to help me. If not in cooking, it is through fixing stuffs at home make them boost their confidence that they can be of help in the family. Cheers!^^

it is nice to hear that you son is helping you, it is rare to know that son is helping his mom.Yes,i am also helping my mom in cooking food.I like to do because i will gain experience.Every time we wont depend to our parents,one day we should to work by ourselves. At that time who will help us, so better we should learn right now.

I allow my son and daughter to help me cook I think it is a great experience for him or her.One day or naturally I have to leave my kids all alone,if they don't have knowledge of cooking they will suffer,No body will survive with out eating.I think it would be better if every one lets their kids to cook.

Yes,I allow to my daughter to help me in cook,because they learn how cook and get some idea while they cook and hope they learning and getting experiences for themselves.while they grow up they no need to suffer in cook and they will know everything.When they are young they feel interesting to learn everything.

Sure! Both of my sons help in the kitchen--cooking, setting the table, cleaning up, loading the dishwasher. They love helping because it's something we all do together. My sons have even taken after-school cooking classes! They put on their aprons and help my husband make pancakes on the weekends, or help me make and decorate cookies, homemade applesauce--anything that is "fun" and that they like to eat works well. And, as they are getting older, we are allowing them to use the microwave, stir pots on the stove, cut up things--all with close supervision, of course. It is a great way to teach responsibility and have family time, too.