Medium rare steak for a 6 year old - AIBU

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Just that. Settle a minor disagreement please - is it fine to give a 6yo steak cooked medium rare, or should they have it well done?

My DS had it as husband first food. I'd just fed him and had him on my lap whilst I ate a steak baguette. Part way through talking to my friend I realised he had latched on to the sirloin

no idea where husband came from there

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It's fine an not a waste.

The issue is with rare burgers - mincing the meat mixes the bacteria from the outside into the middle. Steak only has bacteria on the outside which are killed when it is cooked. For this reason I wouldn't give them steak tartare, but then I would eat it either.

Poisoned is spot on steak fine but burgers aren't. TBH Westminster council are getting really funny about serving less than medium burgers to anyone let alone children

Yes, mince needs to be cooked right through although there does seem to be a craze for rare burgers which I don't know how they get away with as it goes against all basic food hygiene rules

Yep mine eat sushi also

Another vote for fine for medium steak, but I always make sure burgers are well-done and not pink inside.

Well done steak is vile why ruin a beautiful piece of meat

My kids are snails and worms from the garden so I can't see a steak will hurt.

I think it's absolutely fine. I also don't see why it would be regrded as a waste of a steak either.

Mine are 5,4 & 1 and all three scoff rare or medium/rare steak when they get the chance

I wouldn't give anyone a well done steak.

Waste of good meat.

I fed DD medium rare steak from about age 3? Thats generally how I eat mine (or rare depending on quality) so we'd just share.

My DD since about 8 or 9 had a firm preference for medium rare. She likes what she calls the 'berry juices'!!!

No problem with rare steak as others have said, but there's no way I'd give a small child sushi. Apex predator fish and sea creatures in general are full of mercury contamination.

If it's what they like then fine. DS has had some of mine medium rare before.

I would get him his own but he wouldn't eat all of it. Not a huge eater.

Of course, the kid deserves a steak they actually like.

And seriously... isn't the risk much higher in minced meat? So, I'd understand being iffy about a medium rare burge

another one saying its fine. My kids have theirs medium rare

Poor kid getting a burnt steak...

I think it's completely fine. My DD is only a baby but my god daughter (7) has medium rare steak when I go out with her and my friend.

I'd be more worried about a minced steak burger as its all mixed up so the outside is inside etc and the bacteria in that

Fine

What do you think they do in France? (Special place of perfect parenting )

DP has his well done because he's a heathen but me and DS2 eat Medium rare and always have. No health effects. DS1 has his blue rare and same again, no damage or anything.

Statistically, Steak could pretty much be eaten raw with no damage as long as you made sure it was washed. Steak tartare is minced steak served raw.

I only have steak well done or it's fleshy and raw.