I will start with saying my son is ADHD .... well I simply started having him help me at toddler age. Then we designated Fridays as his day to cook! We had to create a menu, shopping list (this helped him practice thinking something through) and then a trip to the store, and then, of course, the actual cooking or baking. We had a lot of cheerios to begin with on his Fridays, but last summer he visited and grilled up fresh tuna with a homemade mango salsa, along with mixed grilled veggies. He is now 36 and often cooks for their friends on holidays. The other benefit of all of that cooking is that when he started kindergarten he already knew fractions and could multiply (double a recipe) and divide (half a recipe)! I am sure we had messes and disasters that would not have happened if I had kept him out of the kitchen; but now all the memories are of a lovely, fun, family time in the kitchen, and a grown son who does a lot of the cooking in his marriage!

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