When Mama Zhang from Wuhan comes home from work, she can have dinner prepared by her son, who is 10 years old: stir-fried loofah, fried beans, scrambled eggs with tomatoes, stir-fried kidney flowers, cold cucumber and delicious rice.
Moreover, there are hot and cold, and meat and vegetables are matched.
My sister also said, "My brother's cooking is more delicious than my mother's. 」
More importantly, these five dishes perfectly cater to the tastes of the whole family: mother likes kidney flowers, sister likes scrambled eggs with tomatoes, and father likes vegetarian dishes.
Complete color, fragrance, nutrition and preference.
How did such a powerful child develop?
Mother Zhang said that it originated from an accidental opportunity. At that time, she was ill in bed and her husband was busy with work. Sun Bohan, who was sensible, volunteered to fry a dish and brought it to her bed. She was "extremely warm in her heart."
Sun Bohan, who was encouraged, became interested in cooking and learned a lot of dishes with his mother. Now he can fry nearly 20 dishes.
Looking at Sun Bohan wearing an apron and focusing on cooking, how many old mothers are as envious as me?
I can't help but think of an old news. My mother is going to have surgery this afternoon because of cervical cancer. My 22-year-old daughter asked while playing with her mobile phone, "Mom, you all went to the hospital, so who will cook lunch for me?" 」
At the age of 22, my mother is seriously ill, and my daughter is actually worried about eating.
Parents No Country for Old Men, children can't take care of themselves.
The abandoned children are the sorrow of two generations.
More sadly, such things still happen around us.
Why are other people's children so excellent, and their own children will only reach out for clothes and eat? Are our children born to be more stupid than others?
That's not true.
Smart parents love their children but don't spoil them, and know how to let them learn to cook and take care of themselves from an early age.
My cousin went to the United States to study abroad at public expense last year and became the first child in our family to "go abroad". My aunt was so proud that she boasted to everyone how excellent her cousin was and how much she attached importance to education, and all her relatives learned from her.
Bad things will happen soon!
In America, my cousin's three meals a day are not French fries and salad, but sandwiches, hamburgers and hot dogs.
It's ok to try these foods occasionally. Who can stand eating them every day and every meal?
He has also run through Chinese restaurants, but the taste is far from that in China, not to mention how expensive it is.
In just one month, my cousin lost more than ten kilograms.
My aunt complained to him, "Why is the silly child so ignorant? Can't you buy food and cook it yourself? 」
"No. 」
My cousin's answer is short and powerful, and the deep helplessness can't be dissipated across the Pacific Ocean.
My aunt regretted it: "I thought it was enough for children to concentrate on their studies, and nothing else was needed." Now it seems that it is not enough to have achievements alone! 」
Children can't take care of themselves. This is not his own problem, but also the parents' responsibility.
Many people, like my aunt, mistakenly think that as long as children study well, nothing else matters. Children have developed the habit of "reaching for clothes and opening their mouths" since childhood, let alone doing housework, and they can't take care of themselves.
A survey shows that:
And when the child grows up?
An organization has conducted a survey on young people in Tianjin, and the results show that:
Tao Xingzhi said: Life is education.
Besides studying and working, there is another important thing in life called "life".
Letting children learn to cook is actually teaching them to take care of themselves and live a good life.
A Japanese girl, Ahua, who touched 5 million people around the world, found out that her mother, Anwu Qian Hui, was suffering from cancer and worried that her daughter would be left unattended in the future. So she gave her an apron on her 4th birthday and taught her how to cook.
Qian Hui said, "The first time I saw Xiaohua using a knife, it was quite scary. 」
But she still held back and hardened her heart to let Xiaohua continue to learn to cook. She was afraid that after she left, her daughter could not live.
Parents' beloved son is far-reaching.
In the book "Children who can cook can survive wherever they go", Qian Hui said: "Teaching Ahua to cook is to hope that she can master the skills of survival, not rely too much on convenient and quick things in her future life, and have the ability to make more favorable choices for herself. 」
Only by living well can you study and work well. This is the wisdom of life that Qian Hui gave birth to when she was cornered, and it is also the best legacy she left to her children.
To teach a child to cook is to teach him to make a living and make love.
American boy Flynn/Kloc-0 was fascinated by cooking when he was 0/0 years old. After a long period of study and training, his cooking became better and better. Later, he set up a "dinner club" and the diners were full.
Later, he appeared on the cover of The New York Times catering page and was invited to cook at the White House.
A junior high school boy in Shanghai, who can neither play the piano nor excel in sports, was admitted to Hill Middle School, the world's top private high school, just because he filmed his cooking process and vividly showed how to mix sauce and cut meat. However, the admission rate of Hill Middle School in China was less than 10%.
Chu Di-wen, the first Chinese-American energy secretary and winner of the 1997 Nobel Prize in Physics, learned the secret from his childhood: he must learn to cook by himself.
Cooking is becoming a plus item for children's comprehensive quality, and children who can cook are more likely to succeed.
As Chu Di-wen said, "Cooking with hands can train a person's concentration and problem-solving ability, just like doing experiments. It's hard to imagine that children who can only read but can't fry eggs or boil eggs will know how to do experiments. 」
The meaning of cooking is not only to satisfy the appetite.
Starting from the selection of ingredients, children should consider what to eat for this meal and how to make it to meet the dietary preferences of each family member. This helps to cultivate children's emotional intelligence and make him realize that people should not only consider themselves, but also see others.
When children buy food, they should also make overall plans according to the capital budget, which is also a good financial education.
When cooking, washing, cutting, pinching, rubbing, holding, bending and tearing, etc., use a lot of fine hand movements, which can exercise children's practical ability well.
Cooking or cooking first? Which dish is more reasonable to fry first? How to arrange a meal in the shortest time in a limited kitchen? This is also a kind of training for children's logical thinking ability.
Rousseau said: Cultivating people with both physical and mental health must be done in physical labor.
Growth is not a utilitarian thing, academic performance is important, and it is not contradictory for children to master the skill of cooking.
(1) Allow children to do poorly.
My friend's daughter is in high school and has never learned to cook.
The friend said, "What can you cook? It will only make a mess of the kitchen! You're messing with me! Forget it, I'll do it myself! 」
When children first learn to cook, they may make the kitchen a mess, perhaps the taste is not good, there may be hidden dangers in the operation process, and even the cooked food may not be cooked or clean, but who is perfect for the first time?
Growth is a process of constantly making mistakes and constantly correcting them. Parents should lower their expectations, allow their children to do badly and encourage them to keep cheering.
(2) Let the children start by helping the boys.
Children can do whatever they can in the kitchen when they are very young.
At the age of four or five, although he can't pat garlic cloves, parents can let him peel garlic; Can't steam rice, you can let him wash rice; If you can't cook, you can let him pinch off the yellow leaves on the vegetables.
Even for two or three-year-old children, there are always things in the kitchen that children can participate in, such as handing a spoon and taking a tomato.
When the children are older, they can do more things, such as buying and picking vegetables, washing rice and vegetables, cutting vegetables and serving dishes, and even trying to stand on the stove and copy a side dish and mix a cold dish.
From simple to complex, children are more and more involved in the kitchen and master more and more skills.
Even if the child does nothing, let him watch more, he can also experience the fun and wisdom of the kitchen with his own eyes and understand that a porridge and a meal are hard-won.
(3) Give children more opportunities to exercise.
Cooking is like "once born, twice cooked, three times and four times friends", and learning more and practicing more is the only way to improve cooking.
Zhang Ya, a 0/0-year-old girl from Jiaxing/KLOC, explored her cooking skills in actual combat: I was splashed with oil when cooking, but later I found that if I wanted to listen to its sound, I couldn't lift the lid of the pot. When the sound was low, I opened a crack first. If there was no oil spilled, I could open the lid.
When children finish their homework, when they are not too busy on weekends, and when they have nothing to do in winter and summer vacations, it is a good time for children to exercise their cooking skills. Parents can prepare a special apron for their children and encourage them to show their talents in the kitchen.
Children who are willing to wash their hands and make soup for their families have a touching power.
"Mom, are you hungry? I cook for you. This is the warmest confession of children to their parents.
May our children have both lofty aspirations and fireworks, and love themselves wherever they go!