My own grandparents came from very rural settings in pre-WWII Slovakia and almost all of the cooking was done by the adults, not by the kids. The kids helped ar

My own grandparents came from very rural settings in pre-WWII Slovakia and almost all of the cooking was done by the adults, not by the kids. The kids helped around (carrying water, taking care of poultry etc.), but it didn't interfere with their schooling.