Children's Learning

Results from previous poll: American/Italian/Spanish Wines are your favorites.

Now to Children's Learning....
I am amazed to learn that the Home Education program I grew up with as a child has left today’s classroom. When I grew up I remember making peanut butter cookies (hard as a rock) and was taught how to sew a pillow by hand (tiger pillow) that should show my age! Today the average child has no understanding of how to cook and I believe this account to the large number of obese children as they have no choice in what to eat, can’t cook if their parents are busy, and are barraged by the fast food industry advertising. Don’t get me wrong an occasional burger and fries are fine but some children that is all they eat everyday. Yes, children have a fast metabolism but your body can absorb only so much of these complex carbs. Well we as a company want to make a difference and so therefore we are launching cooking classes designed for age specific learning. When a child reaches the age of 7 there are basic skills that they should know and when they finally enter their final teenage year of 19 they will be well equipped with knowledge and practice to prepare their own meals or at least have the option to choose to cook or not.
As the family dynamic of both members working grows and the American family is not able to gather around the dining room table to enjoy a home cooked meal lapses, the health of our nation suffers and unfortunately our children the future generation becomes the victim of our fast paced, high energy, get to the top idea of the American Dream.
For those Mom’s and Dad’s who have taken the step to teach, share, and embrace the value of cooking to their children I applaud you for you are the reason family recipes and tradition remain a part of our culture.