like i have no clue how i learned to cook...i've gotten small pointers and i know i learned from watching my mom but she never actually had me cook a meal from end to end for me to pick it up...

also some of the things you mentioned i can only assume i learned from observing and random tidbits i picked up along the way.

I mention this because now that i have a son i wonder about the stuff i should teach him. i had the benefit of older siblings which he doesn't so i have no clue what kinda game i need to proactively put him on to versus stuff he will just pick up if he's smart enough to observe how we're doing it.