I was raised in India, 50 yrs ago. The first thing I learned to cook was how to use the electric toaster to make toasts.
Next I was taught how to light a matchstick safely and turn on the gas stove top which looked like the stove below.
On the gas stove top, I learned to boil milk, boil eggs, boil potatoes and make tea.
Next I learned how to make cake from scratch. We used to bake it in a table top plug in cake oven like below.
After that, I learned how to make scrambled eggs, omlettes, stuffed sandwiches etc. My mom taught me how to make lemonade, lassi etc. Anything to do with lifting a heavy pot, using a pressure cooker to make rice or daal or any sort of frying...probably in my late teens. Though I do remember making chicken curry once when my dad forced me to cook when I was 8.
I was so mad at him. Mom had gone for a day somewhere. Such a clueless man. Of course I had no clue and whatever I made was inedible. My elder brothers used to cook quite well and thanks to them I could cruise by for a long time.