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Originally Posted by midlifeman
Yorktown Girl NO! Your too soft.
If your kid ruins your Hello Fresh Dinner, what are you going to do? Why not allow him/her to start out preparing a side dish? The younger he/she is, the further from a direct flame he/she should be.
.......Kids need to learn how to use a stove. If they burn the meal then that's their failure.
If you child forget a pack of tissues or a pen in their pocket and it ruins the entire load of laundry? Folding laundry is less likely to be problematic.
......If your kid leaves a pen in their pocket, so what? It's their fault and they need to learn from that.
Pick activities your child can succeed at without your input on a regular schedule. Don't set them up for failure.
......Setting your kids up for failure is actually a great idea, not a bad idea. Failure is a great teacher within reason.
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It's not a burnt meal I'm worried about. It's setting a potholder or kitchen towel on fire with a propane stove.
The Hello Fresh meals expect a certain level of cooking knowledge. An adult (hopefully) would know what sauté onions until soft or wait until the oil and tomatoes separate would mean, not a child. Which brings up the question of the age and experience of the child. You can't throw a six year old into kitchen with a Hello Fresh meal and expect he'll be able to follow the directions. You could supervise a middle school child and
after awhile they could do it alone.
As for laundry, the pen explodes and the beige khaki uniform pants are stained/unwearable. Ask me how I know
Failure within reason
means picking activities your child can succeed at.
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