When did you learn to cook? Maybe you learned how to cook from a relative when you were young or just experimented in your kitchen as you got older. I believe that kids should know how to cook for themselves. Cooking encourages an adventurous palate, imparts an essential, but important life skill, and improves academic skills. First, cooking stimulates an adventurous palate. Kids can be picky eaters, and bringing them into the kitchen can help them open up to new tastes. For example, encouraging kids to taste some of the ingredients they are cooking with can help expand their palate. Next, cooking imparts basic but important life skills. Learning how to cook early can improve kids’ cooking skills and also relieve stress for college students who have to cook for themselves. “You will also learn life skills like eating healthy, budgeting your money, and cleaning.” “Cooking is also less expensive than eating at restaurants, fast food joints, and school cafeterias,” says Cooking With Egg. Lastly, cooking improves academic skills. It teaches children to listen, observe, and follow instructions to the exact. Cooking also teaches kids about adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing fractions in 3D so they can understand them better. Making their own food helps improve reading comprehension as well. In conclusion, cooking is substantial for kids and will help them in their future. Cooking encourages an adventurous palate, imparts an essential but important life skill, and improves academic skills. That is why I believe that kids should learn how to cook for themselves.