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Explore cooking skills for teens.

The mother might have to dash from her job to drive the kids to sports practice and after-school activities. Even if she shopped for groceries the previous weekend, she might not have time to cook multicourse meals on weeknights. She may find it easier to round up the kids after their activities and stop at a fast-food restaurant for takeout. The father may have a demanding job that prevents him from sharing family responsibilities—he might not even live with the family full time, as only 22 percent of US households are nuclear families. That’s defined as a married mother and father living together and raising kids. In 2020, 25 percent of the kids in America were living with a single parent. Based on the 2021 US census, there were 11 million single-parent families with kids under the age of 18, and 80 percent of

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Eating Healthier as a Family