YIKES! That really was long! Nothing like making something rather... um... complex?!

Okay, so does this training program work for women who are parents? Keep in mind that I do selective breeding. So none of my villagers (usually) ever breed on their own.

When the breeder woman turns 14, she goes through the normal EE Training Program, and then is left to Farm. Some will master farming before turning 18! But most don't. They just become close.

I watch these breeders very carefully. As soon as one turns 18, I breed them (but I do NOT switch their skill to parenting; I leave them as Farmers). Since I'm not watching my villagers all the time, many will finish nursing before I get back to them. Because I left their checked skill on farming, they start farming again, increasing that skill.

As soon as I realize they've finished nursing, I breed them again. I keep breeding them every VV2 "two years" until they are too old OR have mastered the Parenting skill (generally, they master it around age 50). I do not breed any other villagers! Just the selected few.

Another thing I do is when I am actually breeding a villager, I have the woman kiss the man. Each time they kiss, it is the kisser that increases in parenting, not the kissee (so to speak). So by having the woman do the kissing, this accomplishes two things. First, the man does not increase his parenting skill very much which helps to prevent him from breeding on his own when I'm not watching! Second, the women need all the help with the Parenting skill they can get. If kissing 10 times helps, even if it's a tiny bit, then that's better than nothing.

Interestingly, I have found another consequence of the selective breeding. It seems the more two parents breed, the more often they'll have twins and triplets. I suspect it has to do with the higher parenting skills.

I use the man villager that has the attributes I want that is also the most skilled. This way they can better pass their skills to their children.



Okay, so when the breeder woman turns 50, she usually has either mastered in Farming or is close. She has mastered in Parenting. So I will put them on Farming to finish that up, if needed. Then I'll put them on Research. I find that Researching is a faster skill to master than Building. Also, it seems the villagers will wander off less while Researching, as compared to, Building.

Since I have a 59 to 60 age limit before I mark them as village idiots (meant in a friendly way), the breeders have around 9-10 years to master their other skills. If they don't, then I mark them so I can help them stay focused on their skills better. But there's still no need to get too worried since most of my villagers die in their mid 70s. That means at 60, they still have 10 more years or more to work! However, I really try to get them mastered in their 3 skills before they turn 65 so they an retire and enjoy the good life.