I learned a lot about home maintenance and handiwork from my dad, but then I started looking stuff up and realized he's been stubbornly doing a lot of projects the wrong way.
It also could be referencing something that they were better at in their prime, but may no longer be able to do due to age. Like answering running if your dad was a professional runner or something.
They are both intellectually superior to me and my brother, their only children. I'm pretty sure he and I are a bit of a disappointment to both of them, but they would never admit that.
The "normal" stuff, getting someone to stay with them and marrying them, losing their virginity, living by their own, having kids. I will never reach any of that.
My grandparents raised me mostly and their house is always in order. Particularly washing. I never seem to get to the end of it and also do not enjoy it.
Navigate without a GPS. Really, do much of anything without consulting the internet first. There's a lot of stuff I'm better than them at, but that's because I've almost never had to learn without instructions.
My mom kept up with her friends from high school and college until she or they died, I cannot.
My dad was ridiculously smart, like could learn anything, keep a lot of knowledge in his head, could look at any idea and really consider it without believing or reacting to it, if that makes sense. I don't have the same fearlessness.
Moving me tf away from the part of town I was being raised in... or, alternatively: not having a distant father. You can't teach a boy what they need over just one weekend. FFS.
Trusting the official sources of information, understanding what a person ought to do in life, see a value of their jobs, believing in controversial things.