Hey everyone out there, hope everyone has been enjoying their weekend

I have some general questions. I apologize if these have been answered elsewhere, but I know there are those of you out there who are absolute experts and I want your advice.

1) I have heard it mentioned that you can teach the children. How is this done and what are the benefits?

2) I have an elderly villager who I am trying to make an elder. I am worried about him dying before I finish. Two of the skills I need him to work on are healing and parenting. I know how I can get him mastered in healing, but if I put him on parenting I will have more kids! Right now, my villagers are barely squeeking by with the little food they get with their crops (I don't have enough tech to clean the ocean yet). How can you advance him in parenting without having more kids? Will he die before I can get the food supply to a good level? He's 59.

3) Do the villagers work less and go slower when they are "Worried About Food"? It seems like move so sluggish. There isn't anything I can do about the food until I have enough tech to clean the ocean. I have EVERYONE on the research table right now.

4) I have all the huts I can see available. Do builders still gain skills if you keep them fixing and examining huts? Also, do they gain builder skills if they keep feeding the fire?

5) Do the kids pick up collectibles if you don't put them on them? Like when you turn the game off?

I'm sure I will have more questions later, this is it for now.

Thanks to everyone for any suggestions you can give.