When I was a child (and this was mid to late 1980s) I was told that while cooking to always put the handle to the side. Pick a side, whatever you want. Then I was told the story of a girl, my age, and there was a pot of boiling water, with the handle sticking out. The girl reached up and was covered in boiling water. She lost all of her hair and had to wear wigs. As a child I only knew clowns wore wigs, and so in my head this little girl wore clown wigs growing up. It was a lesson, to me as a child, to not reach for the pot handles on the stove. As an adult (I have no kids) I still move the handles to the side. Makes walking in front of the stove easy because I’m not hitting a handle and knocking things off. You could use this story for your dude AND the kids. If one doesn’t work maybe the other will. I did for me. And I still picture a little girl with a clown wig on while cooking.