Hellobee Boards

Maybe around 9?

My mom taught me how to use the stove when I was in grade 4 because my brother and I were latchkey kids and had to warm certain things up (we didn't get a microwave until a year or two later). On those days, we had to call her at work to tell her we had turned on the stove and call her again at work when we had turned off the stove. If more than 20 minutes passed by without a phone call, she'd call us to make sure the house hadn't burned down. Hardcore mom.

By grade 6 I was using the stove regularly.

I am pretty sure i started using the oven/stove around 8-9 years old. I made fried rice, ramen, KD, and heated up pot pies in the oven. I remember making cookies when i was 8, but my grandma helped me put them in the oven.

I have a 10 year old (5th grade) and she helps cook, but does not use the stove unless I am there-like today she stirred chocolate that was melting for me, but that is really it. She isn't home by herself very often and if she is it isn't for very long. If she needs to heat something up she uses the microwave.