Column: Back in Time, Back to School
Showing posts with label Parenting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Parenting. Show all posts
Weekly Read: Dating? Game On
Weekly Read: Dating? Game On
There’s a thin line between insanity and coping with your daughter dating.
Weekly Read: It Takes a Village ... and a lot of willing villagers ...
It Takes a Village (Click to Read this Column)
Special thanks to all the villagers (you know who you are) who make life just a little bit easier, happier, and funnier every day.
Special thanks to all the villagers (you know who you are) who make life just a little bit easier, happier, and funnier every day.
I absolutely LOVE this take on the age-old (is it?) question "Kids in the Kitchen? Yay, Nay, or "is that a booger in my meatball?" All the Good Mothers are Doing It by Andrea Ferrell
My response to this wonderful and witty blogger's question?
Wait until they are twelve.
Ten at the outside.
My 12 year old daughter is a careful and capable cook, more concerned with exact measurements than I am and a bigger germ-a-phobe than any of us. I could probably hire her out as a sous' chef. (sp?)
I had her messing around in the kitchen at a younger age but the keyword is "mess." Be willing to sacrifice the occasional egg or 1/4 of flour to the cause, let them crack and mix and whip to their heart's content. Then practice good sleight of hand (or just wait until they lose interest and wander off).
My response to this wonderful and witty blogger's question?
Wait until they are twelve.
Ten at the outside.
My 12 year old daughter is a careful and capable cook, more concerned with exact measurements than I am and a bigger germ-a-phobe than any of us. I could probably hire her out as a sous' chef. (sp?)
I had her messing around in the kitchen at a younger age but the keyword is "mess." Be willing to sacrifice the occasional egg or 1/4 of flour to the cause, let them crack and mix and whip to their heart's content. Then practice good sleight of hand (or just wait until they lose interest and wander off).
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