Cooking with kids and teens builds more than meals — it builds confidence, connection, and life skills that last.
Katie Kimball, creator of Kids Cook Real Food and Teens Cook Real Food, joins Dr. Gila to talk about how cooking can be a “gateway” skill for kids of all ages and stages.
You’ll hear:
✔︎ Why cooking might be the most important life skill you can give your child
✔︎ How to get kids of any age genuinely excited about it
✔︎ Why cooking can be especially powerful for neurodivergent kids
✔︎ Tips for keeping the experience low-stress for everyone
Whether you’re just starting out or trying to re-engage an eye-rolling tween, there’s something here for you.
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👉 Knife Skills for Kids
👉 Teens Cook Real Food
ABOUT KATIE KIMBALL
Katie Kimball of Raising Healthy Families helps change kids’ relationship to food, both through work in the kitchen and helping parents of picky eaters. She’s a former teacher, two-time TEDx speaker, writer, mom of 4 kids, and creator of the Kids Cook Real Food Course, Teens Cook Real Food Course, #LifeSkillsNow virtual summer camps, and blogs at Kitchen Stewardship. Her mission is to connect families around healthy food, teach every child to cook, and instill those all-important life skills!
👉 Raising Healthy Families
👉 Healthy Parenting Handbook Podcast
👉 Instagram | Facebook | YouTube
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