A kid who watches you cook learns more than a recipe. They learn that feeding people is how you love them.

Children pick up the meaning behind an action long before they pick up the technique. Standing at a stove in front of somebody young teaches them that caring about people shows up as work rather than announcements. The recipe is the smaller half of what gets passed along.

Cook something for your family this week instead of eating whatever appears. Let whoever is younger than you stand there and watch the entire thing.