Every year, 3.4 million injuries occur with children in the kitchen. The kitchen is a particularly hazardous place in this respect with risks associated with certain kitchen appliances, worktops, high chairs, water and cutlery. So it’s vital to put time into making your kitchen as kid-proof as possible. Teach your kid how to be safe in the kitchen Banishing your kid is unlikely to be a long-term solution to ensuring their safety in the kitchen (and besides, it’ll just make them want to explore in it even more). In fact, the kitchen can offer world of learning and creativity for children. Kids love to get involved with the cooking and, most importantly, learning to cook helps develop qualities outside the kitchen. So encourage this curiosity; make them your ‘sous chef’ but talk them through the rules in the kitchen, such as asking the head chef (you) whether they can use something with your supervision. Give kids their own apron, a set of rubber/child-friendly cutlery, and their personal chef’s corner (a worktop away from electrical appliances, or the table). Explain that this is their equipment that only they use, just as you only use your equipment. Giving kids a safe task like cutting mushrooms will…