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Today’s guest is Jill Castle, registered dietitian nutritionist, author, podcaster, speaker and mother of four teenagers. Jill works with families with babies up to young adults. She encourages parents to support and guide their teenagers in learning the life skill of cooking. Teen girls need this life skill to understand how nutrition impacts their learning, memory and moods and also gain confidence in sustaining themselves once they move out of the family home. Now here is todays episode. In this episode you will learn: A statistic states only 26% of today’s parents know how to cook Let teens experiment in the kitchen they will burn food they will create weird combinations they will learn and gain confidence Typically begin this skill by cooking or baking sweets Natural progression in learning skill Baking-is a science and you follow recipes Cooking-more flexible and more room for mistakes Assembly of food-create salads, make own dressings, put together sandwiches Parents need to be supportive and th