{"id":4778,"date":"2016-04-30T10:00:30","date_gmt":"2016-04-30T14:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/?p=4778"},"modified":"2016-04-28T13:23:54","modified_gmt":"2016-04-28T17:23:54","slug":"52-weeks-talking-kids-kitchen-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/52-weeks-talking-kids-kitchen-talks\/","title":{"rendered":"52 Weeks of Talking to Our Kids: Kitchen Talks"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Not long ago my twenty-one year old son was helping me clean and cut fruits and veggies. This is a rare sight nowadays. The boys are either in college all the time or working very full time jobs (well, actually, they both do both at the same time!). I miss those times of cooking and cleaning in the kitchen with my kids.<\/p>\n

However, I didn\u2019t expect the boys to miss it! Josiah, the twenty-one year old pediatric nurse I just referred to, said, \u201cYou know what I miss? I miss those times that we used to gather around the table with tons of potatoes, carrots, apples, and other fruits and vegetables and peel, cut, clean, and prep them while you read aloud to us for hours!\u201d<\/p>\n

So do I, baby, so do I!<\/p>\n

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In addition to reading aloud while they did produce prep, I loved to cook with the kids and just talk. It didn\u2019t matter whether there were a few of them and we listened to radio dramas or talking books, laughed, and carried on or if there was just one and we quietly went about doing our tasks just talking, talking, talking\u2014rarely a lull in the conversation.<\/p>\n

So today I bring you a few tips to get your kids in the kitchen AND talking:<\/p>\n