To not let my son use knives?

[BatmansWilly]

Bit silly thread title but bear with me.

My youngest son (just turned 8) has for the oast few weeks decided that he wants to be a chef when he is older. He has always liked helping me make dinner, bake, stir the pan etc so now its just that his interest is more "amplified". Now that he's realised he could actually do this for a living IYSWIM?

I love having him help me in the kitchen but I darnt let him use the knives. They're very sharp, he is dyspraxic ... the rest speaks for itself.

I don't want to dampen his enthusiasm and my MIL reckons I should stop being so over-protective or he'll never learn.

AIBU to not let him use the knives?

I know how you feel DD3 is dyspraxic and it was ages before I let her do some stuff. She is now on a catering course at college and has to use very sharp knives there!
I would let him have a go with a sharp ( they are safer than blunt ones) but supervise him.

DD is dyspraxic. She could cook omlettes and stir fries and chop veg by 7.

Agree with previous posters who say that blunt knives are far worse than sharp.

maryz at 12 year olds not being able to iron or use knives!!!

I let my 8 year old use the sharp knives. He cooks a meal from scratch every weekend, and really enjoys chopping onions, garlic etc.

I don't know how much dyspraxia would affect that decision though.

You can now get plasters with the stuff in them to stop bleeding from those shallow slices across skin - which previously had to go to drop in centre to be wrapped in seaweed extract dressings for.

[not to be trusted in a kitchen emoticon]

[am already a cautionary tale within extended family emoticon]

@Quattro - dyspraxia means your co-ordination isn't as good as it could be/requires extra concentration

You'll never know if he can do it until you let him try!