Should there be a 'parenting' skill?

[robkelk]

Originally Posted by Mgellis

I'm going to try to "reverse engineer" from the fact that there isn't a Child Care skill in the 4th edition rules...

This suggests that child care is treated as part of IQ (and Will and Perception and...).

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Consider that there also isn't a "fighting" skill or a "make music" skill in GURPS; in each case, there's a collection of related-but-different skills, and a trained fighter or music-maker needs to know a little bit of many members of the skill family.

I believe it's the same with child-rearing - there isn't a "child care" skill because there's a lot of skills that a child-care specialist needs to know. Many of them have already been mentioned, some haven't.

The list includes (but isn't limited to) Teaching, First Aid, Bard (to keep the youngster's attention), Expert Skill: Nutrition, Expert Skill: Hazardous Materials Handling (the skill used when "childproofing" the home), Observation ("where did the little... darling put the car keys this time?"), and Detect Lies...