I agree Shirl, my youngest two (12 & 13years) are quite capable of making themselves something to eat from scratch - they can both do a nice omlette & make a pasta sauce. Oscars last cooking "lesson" was "making" pasties - using pre-made pastry and a filling of cooked chicken and sweetcorn. No seasoning, tasted like vomit, got chucked in the bin as soon as Oscar wasn't looking. We had parent teacher consultations yesterday and I was looking forward to asking his Design Technology teacher if he would feed his family the sh*** he was teaching my lad to cook - unfortunately he didn't turn up!!