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[quote=Anonymous]Knives you can start really early - my almost 2.5 year old can independently cut most soft fruits, veggies like mushrooms, cucumbers etc. really pretty effectively (like I give him the small cucumber to cut for the salad and I don’t really assist) using the Curious chef kids knife set. I obviously am right next to him cutting other things so keeping an eye on him. But we’ll probably move to supervised sharper knives in a couple years (watch kids eat in color Instagram for inspiration!). Also like others have said I happen to have a kid really interested in it which may just be his personality. We let him stir hot things with supervision. Boiling water I’m sure you’re talking about older kids and I can def see being really cautious with the straining of the boiling water.

I feel like knives and completely managing boiling water on your own are very different - like with the curious chef knives there is really not a ton of risk. Even with sharper knives, the risk of a cut vs large scale burns is totally different to me. [/quote]

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