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Subject:Re: instructions begin again From:Michele Davis <michele -at- krautgrrl -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 03 Jan 2001 14:59:00 -0600
John, I think you're a fatalist. I have a girlfriend who doesn't think I should
let my 10 year old in a group of 10 year olds go 6 blocks from school, 2 blocks
from my house to the local community center with gym, and ice rink, foosball,
etc. It's run by the city and open from 2-6. The kids get out of school at 2PM.
My ex-husband doesn't think our 10 year old should cross a busy street (not
super busy, 2 lanes, north and south bound, probably a car every 2-3 minutes)
with a stop light unattended. Oy guvalt.
John Posada wrote:
> Salette...you raise a good point, one for which I don't know if I
>
> The problem isn't when someone expereinced of ANY age follows
> instructions. I come from an Italian family and I happen to be a very
> good cook (works out great...I like to cook and my girlfriend hates
> it, I hate to wash dishes and she doesn't mind). I'd be all for any
> 10 year old (or 9, or 8, or 7) learning to cook with an adult.
> However, under a certain age, they don't have the accumulation of
> expereince to know what to do when something outside of the
> directions occurs when they are by themselves.
>
> I think someone had mentioned about their 7 year old who had a fire
> in a pan, but thankfully, he was around to throw baking powder into
> it (or something like that). That's fine..that's why they should be
> encouraged to perform adult acts, but be supervised while performing
> them. My problem with a 10 year old cooking is not that they know how
> to cook....he should. Its whether he knows how to recover from
> serious errors.
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