'He’s pretty good at making coffee on our one-touch machine, and last month I watched him handle hot toast with oven mitts. Who am I to stifle his natural talents?' naanking writes on teaching her 6-year-old to cook for himself
Photo: Marlene Rounds/Getty Images I am as shocked as anyone to discover that my two children, when home, eat 36 eggs a week. We scramble five almost every morning, to pile on buttered toast, and the rest get folded into endless muffins, cookies, waffles.
He rolled his eyes when I asked if he knew how to “make cereal,” so we moved on to a lunch classic: PB & J. He slathered two pieces of bread and slapped them together, marveling that “Everything tastes better together than it does apart.” His baby sister, in her high chair, was impressed, staring at her own plain roll like it’s cardboard.
Then, it was onto the next day’s menu: “How old do I have to be to make a hot dog?” he asked. “That depends on your standards,” I told him, and taught him that old after-school trick: microwaving a rubbery sausage for 45 seconds, toasting a pillowy white bun. He swallowed it seemingly whole, and quickly “cooked” another, the scales falling from his eyes as he realized my culinary magic is … entirely attainable.
I put him to bed that night, and asked him what made him feel grateful. It’s something we’ve gone over every night since the planet shut down and he can’t easily access the friends, playgrounds, and outdoor spaces that usually make him happy. “I’m grateful the universe is still alive, and the sun hasn’t exploded.” I told him I agree, that I’m so proud of his special mind, and proud he’s becoming so independent.
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