Gender Roles, My Son's Point Of View

Since we are on the subject of cooking, me cooking (or not), my mom cooking. Here is my son's point of view about what goes on here. This was a part of a school project about himself. In my own defense, I distinctly remember him catching me in the kitchen, standing in front of the stove with a spatula in my hand. He looked incredulous and asked me what I was doing. And I said "I am cooking you dinner". So don't call Child Protective Services.

An except: "The gender roles in my family were pretty traditional. My dad encourages me to play all kinds of sports and I like to. And he teaches me how to build things and repair things. It’s not like a monkey’s life where his instincts tell him what to do. I have to learn from others and it takes time.
My grandma is the main person in our family who cooks, like the mother bird for the little baby birds. But when she goes on a trip, then I cook for our family. My mom’s not that good of a cook and my dad gets home late, so it’s basically up to me to feed myself and everyone else. I was about eight when I started learning how to make food for myself. It doesn’t really affect how I think about gender roles. I think that it doesn’t really matter what gender you are, you should just be able to do what you want to do whether that is ballet or football. Everyone grows up different, kind of like a snowflake, each one is different."