Raising Kids with Life Skills for Successful Independence with Katie Kimball: Ep 218

In this episode of The Peaceful Parenting Podcast, I speak with Katie Kimball of Raising Healthy Families. We discussed getting kids in the kitchen and getting them to love cooking, raising teenagers and why they are wonderful, managing screens at different ages, and what kind of skills kids need to become independent, well-rounded and self-sufficient once they leave our homes.

Make sure to check out Katie’s course Teens Cook Real Food!

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We talk about:

• [00:00] Introduction to the episode and guest Katie Kimball; overview of topics (cooking, teens, life skills, screens)
• [00:01] Katie’s background: former teacher, mom of four, and how her work evolved into teaching kids and teens to cook
• [00:04] Why the teen years are actually great; what teens need developmentally (agency and autonomy)
• [00:08] Beneficial risk and safe failure; how building competence early reduces anxiety later
• [00:10] Getting kids into cooking: start small, build confidence, and let them cook food they enjoy
• [00:16] Cooking as a life skill: budgeting, independence, and preparing for adulthood
• [00:21] Screen time: focusing on quality (consumptive vs. creative vs. social) instead of just limits
• [00:25] Practical screen strategies used in Katie’s family
• [00:28] Motivating teens to cook: future-casting and real-life relevance (first apartment, food costs)
• [00:33] Teens Cook Real Food course: what it teaches and why Katie created it
• [00:37] Fun foods teens love making (pizza, tacos)
• [00:39] Where to find Katie and closing reflections

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