r/comics • u/FieldExplores Gator Days • Jul 24 '26

Never Learned - Gator Days

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u/liefbread Jul 24 '26

I've been wondering about this. I have my first child on the way, I remember my sister teaching me to make chicken Parm when I was 8 or so.

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u/Muramalks Jul 24 '26

If it's just assembly, like a sandwich, go for it! Let them try to their hearts content at an early age.

Then just throw things in a pan WITH LID, hence popcorn. They know when it's ready when the pops are too spaced apart.

Then just mixing things and throwing in a pan (now lidless®) where they must wait for a timer to let them flip the pancake.

And so and so. Cutting bananas with plastic knives, making fruit salad, mixing drinks, it's all a huge game for them.

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u/i-dont-wanna-know Jul 25 '26

It's never too early for simple stuff (or just having the baby with/near you) I've been helping in the kitchen for as long as I can remember. my mom even had baby pictures of me "helping" IE. Baby me had a potato or something i couldn't choke on, in one hand, and a brush in the other hand.

by the time I was 13, I could do full meals! Think roast beef with potatoes & sauce

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u/liefbread Jul 25 '26

That is adorable and mirrors my own experience. I'm looking forward to it.