It's true, because adults do the same stupid things. Kids love it when I tell them the dumb things adults have done in past classes. They know that if they make mistakes, it's not any worse than what adults have done. So it takes the pressure off. Obviously, children are not the only ones who may feel some pressure during a parent-child cooking adventure.
Parents often have to slow way down to deal with their children's cookery.
Even if they make it through a whole cooking session, Katzen has found that parents often slip back into food pressures afterward, when children don't always want to eat their own food. I just tell parents not to worry, to sit back, and let them take pride in feeding you. Pride in accomplishment is by far not the only thing that children learn from working in the kitchen. Above all, say the instructors, learning to cook gives children self-confidence. Now they know.