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[quote=Anonymous]I'm putting this here because I'm interested in everyday answers, not only answers from people who spend a lot of time in the kitchen with their kids, like I'd get in the Food section.

I'm not talking about kids who love to cook or bake and be in the kitchen so you've been teaching and showing them safety all along.

I'm talking about kids who have never been interested in cooking but need to start being more self-reliant (AKA, mom needs to work; get your own food, kid and hey, this is a great time to teach you).

Background to this is my DH is extremely risk-averse when it comes to our kids. We have had multiple conversations/disagreements on when they are ready to do or learn xyz. He grew up in a household where everything was done for him, which has not served him well as an adult. I, on the other hand, was a latchkey kid who was cooking at 8-9, and taking care of a younger sibling while parents worked. So I think both of our sense of what is normal/expected is extreme in opposite directions.

We've got a gas stove that I never let my nearly 12 year old and 9 year old use. I showed my older DS how to safely take something out of the oven and we each had one oven mitt while I showed him.  It only needed one hand to pull out, which was fine, except after pulling it out, my son for the briefest second touched the pan with his other hand. He said ouch and that was it. I had him put his hand under cold water for a minute and it didn't leave a mark and my DS thought it was no big deal. Lesson to me: Have the kid use 2 mitts because he's still learning. Lesson to kid: don't touch hot pans! However, DH was VERY upset that "I burned our kid" and doesn't want him in the kitchen anymore.

So, what's typical? When can I say, go heat up that pizza in the oven and expect that to go well.[/quote]

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