Instructing a Child to Perform Work After Accepting Shabbos

Question

On Friday, after my wife lit the candles and I accepted Shabbat, I discovered that I forgot to turn off the oven (the fish were in the oven). Is it permissible for me to tell my young child to turn off the oven?

Answer

Greetings,
The child follows his parents’ accepting Shabbos, and it is forbidden to tell him to do labor.

Source

See Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chayim 263:10

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