Should there be a 'parenting' skill?

[jason taylor]

Originally Posted by nerdvana

Fatherhood is not that different from motherhood (with the major exceptions of not birthing and not breastfeeding, naturally). (I am speaking on this as the father of three...)

That would depend on the arrangements. In a Waltons style family the father is the Papa Wolf and the mother is the Caretaker(to use TV tropes language) and each plays second fiddle on the other's turf. Mommy would handle housework making clothes and cooking while daddy would teach his boys how to chop wood, pound fenceposts, shoot a gun, and beat-up someone who is picking on his little brother.