Teri, it is rare that we judge unless/until you start doing things that reveal you ignored our advice. Most of us are housebroken and rarely leave messes on the floor. We can sometimes be emphatic but it is not usually from anger. It is more from enthusiasm or trying to emphasize something.
Since you claim to still be learning, may I offer a bit of (I hope constructive) advice? Read up on Database Normalization. In this forum, which IS oriented to databases, just Search for the word Normalization to get you some reading matter. On the general web you have to include Database because Normalization also is used in mathematics, chemistry, diplomatic relations, and a few other disciplines. Once you understand normalization better, you will better understand comments about parent/child or independent/dependent table relationships. And you will learn that what you want is to set up a Foreign Key in a child table to match a Primary Key in a parent table. And Access can do at least SOME of that automatically for you if you set it up right. It's a GREAT tool to have in your Access toolkit. And it all starts with normalization.