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• It’s lunchtime as I write this and my daughter Lizzy is making lasagna, not helping with lasagna but making it. Her brother Peter sulks nearby because it was supposed to be his turn at the stove this weekend, and these two now argue over who gets to cook the way other kids argue over the […]
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It’s lunchtime as I write this and my daughter Lizzy is making lasagna, not helping with lasagna but making it. Her brother Peter sulks nearby because it was supposed to be his turn at the stove this weekend, and these two now argue over who gets to cook the way other kids argue over the front seat.
For years I was the best cook in this house, and that title is gone. I lost it on purpose, and it’s one of the better things I’ve done as a father.
Nobody warns you that if you raise kids who make things and do it even halfway right, they pass you. Not someday when they grow up but soon, while you’re still standing there holding the spatula. What took me far too long to believe is that you can do this too. Anyone can. You don’t need to be handy or have money or a plan, because I had none of t