What age to allow/teach kids to stove top cook?
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I'm still not allowed.0
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I'm still not allowed.
Come over. I will have my son cook for you. lol0 -
Matilda was six.0
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1 year.
If they can walk, they can cook.0 -
All of my stepchildren, from 6 years old to 14, help their father and I cook. If they are in a mood where it seems like they are not going to be as careful as they need to be around a hot stove, then they are kicked out of the kitchen though.0
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This age seems about appropriate
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Matilda was six.
LMAO isn't she a little witch or something?0 -
This age seems about appropriate
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Matilda was six.
LMAO isn't she a little witch or something?0 -
my mom is old fashion and southern - I could cook a FULL thanksgiving dinner by myself by age 12.0
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All of my stepchildren, from 6 years old to 14, help their father and I cook. If they are in a mood where it seems like they are not going to be as careful as they need to be around a hot stove, then they are kicked out of the kitchen though.
I think I'll start teaching him now0 -
Matilda was six.
LMAO isn't she a little witch or something?
I like witches.0 -
my mom is old fashion and southern - I could cook a FULL thanksgiving dinner by myself by age 12.
That's awesome!0 -
my mom is old fashion and southern - I could cook a FULL thanksgiving dinner by myself by age 12.0
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my mom is old fashion and southern - I could cook a FULL thanksgiving dinner by myself by age 12.
Word.0 -
my mom is old fashion and southern - I could cook a FULL thanksgiving dinner by myself by age 12.
Word.
My mom was born in Mullins, South Carolina and grew up on a farm. As soon as my sisters and I could safely reach the stove we were in the kitchen learning how to cook!0 -
Having 5 kids, some days it's do it yourself or eat a PB&J, I think the triplets where about 6 when I showed them how to do mac n cheese, grilled cheese, soup. Now at 10 they love to cook all sorts of stuff, my daughter even made the bread we had at easter, with me just watching her and giving instructions, it came out amazing. We also grow and can many of our own fruits and veggies, and they help me with that prep and process. They can also make pancakes, omelets, scrambled eggs and other stuff that's easy.
They also do all their own laundry, they are pretty awesome LOL0 -
My mom used to place a chair in front of the stove, with the back against the stove so that I couldn't fall flat on the stove. At first, I was allowed to dump a can of chef Boyardee in a an and stir to my heart's content. I learned the hard way that my lunch wouldn't be very good if I stirred and stirred and stirred. Lunch was after Price is Right and we threw out the TV when I was five, so it must have been pretty early on.
Next, I was shown the family recipes, like spaghetti sauce. Then I was left alone to make spaghetti sauce. The whole family learned that nutmeg is not an appropriate spice for spaghetti sauce.
Mom also made me a jiffy mix cake recipe that made one pot pie tin sized cake, so I was baking early, as well. I wasn't allowed to take it out of the oven myself at first, though.
All of my learning to cook memories are from the house we left when I was eleven. By the time I was twelve or thirteen, I was the main family cook when it wasn't basketball season.0 -
My son learned how to grill the same day he helped me butcher his first deer.....7 years old...0
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My son learned how to grill the same day he helped me butcher his first deer.....7 years old...
That's just awesome :happy: We too allow our boys to butcher live land catches that early.0
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