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[quote=Anonymous]I have several children.   The older ones are old enough to stay home by themselves for several hours while I bring the younger ones to after school sports and activities.   The ones they are currently involved in are long an somewhat far away--so basically we (younger kids and I) are out of the house from 5:15-8:30 pm.    We usually eat dinner after we get home (I sometimes have pre-cooked something I can just reheat, other times we just do something very basic like boxed spaghetti with jarred sauce), but I feel bad asking my older kids to wait that long, especially now that school will be starting.   The oldest will have to wake up around 5:30 am to get to school on time.

At what age would you feel comfortable allowing a kid to cook at home--reheat something (on the stove top or in the oven, not microwave) or even cook from scratch?  One of my older kids really likes fried eggs, and knows how to make them and is responsible enough to clean the pan afterwards without being asked.   Another likes to make pancakes (will get together all ingredients to make the batter from scratch, then cook them on a electric griddle.)   They are 12 (egg) and 14 (pancake.)[/quote]

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