Teaching Teens to Cook (The Confidence-Boosting Life Skill)

About this episode

Katie Kimball discusses the importance of teaching teens to cook as a way to boost their confidence and provide essential life skills.

Send me a text Katie Kimball is here to talk about what teens actually need from us in this season and why the kitchen might be the best training ground for real life. We got into the two big inner needs teens are juggling: agency (choices and control) and answers (support when they’re stuck). Katie also broke down autonomy versus “ancestry,” aka why teens push away, but still need roots, connection, and family stories. We wrapped up with practical ways to motivate your teen to start cooking ...

People in this episode

Guest: Katie Kimball

Topics covered

• teens
• cooking
• life skills
• parenting
• autonomy

Keywords

• agency
• support
• motivation
• family connection

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