Table 2 Parent interviews
From: A pilot summer day camp cooking curriculum to influence family meals
Questions | Response summaries |
|---|---|
Has your child talked about the cooking class? What has your child said? | All parents said their child talked frequently about cooking classes. |
Children spoke about recipes made in camp and how much they enjoyed learning kitchen skills, particularly holding and using knives. | |
Does your child enjoy the cooking classes? What do they like most? | Children thoroughly enjoyed the cooking camp. |
Favorite part was preparing meals and learning new kitchen skills (use of knives, stove-top cooking). | |
Tell me how your child helps cooking at home. | Most children helped with cooking in the kitchen at home prior to the class. |
Children completed tasks like measuring, chopping, baking, washing, preparing, and assisting with stove-top cooking. | |
Have you and your child tried any of the recipes from camp at home? Which ones? | Four out of 15 families had tried the recipes at home, with bruschetta being the most common recipe attempted. Five parents said they wanted the recipes but their kids had not brought them home. |
Has your child wanted to cook more at home? | Nearly all parents reported their children were wanting to cook more meals at home as a result of the camp. |
What has your child learned in the cooking camp? | Most parents reported their children learned safety in the kitchen, like how to cut vegetables. |
Most said their children were eating new and more vegetables and were picking fewer foods out of their dinner. | |
Do you think you have been cooking differently at home since your child started the camp? | No parent said that they were cooking differently at home since the beginning of camp. |
Have you noticed a change in your child’s eating? | Most parents did not notice a significant difference in their child’s eating habits, aside from eating new and more vegetables. |
Is your child trying new foods or less picky? | Most parents reported their children were more open and adventurous in trying new foods. |
Would you and your child be interested in participating in cooking classes together? | Parents said that they would be very interested in participating in cooking classes together. |
Are there any new recipes or kitchen skills that you or your child would like to learn? | Most parents reported wanting to learn healthy alternatives to the food they already cook. |
Parents wanted their children to develop more cooking and kitchen skills. |