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I'm a mechanically inclined Dad, and have a young daughter (3, so too young to start learning just yet), but I simply cannot imagine not teaching my little girl how to maintain her own vehicle. Heck, I've already started buying her tools here and there.
My personal feeling is that any parent that does not pass on a useful skill to a child based on something so inane as out-moded sexual prejudice is doing a disservice to the child. My daughter will know how to change her oil, tires, etc and will be able to work on her own car. My son will be able to cook, iron, do laundry, etc and know how to take care of himself (I never learned how to do laundry correctly and am pathetically helpless about it when my wife's not around).
You sound like you are on the path to not being vehicle-ignorant, and good on ya. If you really want to do it right, buy a Haynes Manual (or something similar). You will find that you are perfectly capable of doing the majority of maintainence on your car yourself.
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