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Confessions from a Junior Mom: The Cooking Panic

On feeling like you didn’t teach them enough… and realizing you still have time

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Jen Leo
Mar 17, 2026
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Does this happen to you?

Every once in a while, you get that little freak-out feeling… like you haven’t done enough.

For me, it shows up around two things:

cooking… and swimming.

But let’s focus on cooking.

I’m not a great cook. Thankfully, I haven’t needed to be. My husband has very simple tastes — he can literally eat rice and mixed vegetables and be perfe…

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