Let Him Cook

 

As he is the baby of the family, and with his special needs to attend to, it can seem like the rest of the family revolves around Asher. But, good parenting means preparing Asher with life skills for when he is out in the world.

This includes in the kitchen, where Jada and Aaron first took on dishes at ages 8 and 10, upon Asher's arrival. As Asher is about to turn 10, it's time for him to step up too, although is proclivities seem to be more about making food than cleaning up the aftermath.

Specifically, I make him omelets two or three times a week, and he's gone from wanting to cut the mushrooms to owning the entire process, albeit often with a little more smoke and burnt eggs. Where he seems to get into this is adding his own sauces after, some of which render the food inedible but clearly gives him joy in tinkering.

As much work as cooking for Asher is, supervising the nine-year-old version of him while he tries to cook is much more. But necessary, as with many things he'll need to learn to do as he grows older. So let him cook, I say!