How to start teaching independence?

I have five kids. My oldest is my son at 10 1/2. My girls are 6, 3, 2, and 1. Obviously the girls won’t be too independent for a while. My son however I realized that I haven’t thought him much things to get him ready to start being independent. I’m not sure where to start because I want him to start to learn to cook basic meals for himself, do chores without prompting, and to make choices on his own. Not because I want him to do all of this for himself or his sisters but because at his age I was forced to do stuff on my own because my mom was a single mother and she wasn’t able to be there constantly. This made me a better caretaker of myself and made me severely independent. My kids will never need that but I want them to have those skills. Other than just showing him how things are done what can I do? I don’t want to make it a chore in itself to learn. via /r/Parenting https://ift.tt/2vtT3gC