I just did a post with one question, and then I realized I had far too many questions to post each one of them separately. Anyways, any help whatsoever would be appreciated!

1. For the collectibles, do the bugs ONLY appear where the briar patch was, and do the rocks ONLY appear where the mosaic is?

2. What difference does it make if you set the game on easy, normal, or hard?

3. When I try to train a master parent, I usually try to choose a girl, and I have found that having them 'go indoors' is the only way to improve this skill. But when you drop an adult on a child and they give lessons or tell a story, it sometimes says 'This villager has improved at parenting!' But I find that no change in their skill level has occurred... What is up with this? Because when they 'go indoors' and make a baby, the mother can't work on improving that skill for the entire time she is 'caring for her baby' so I'm a little perplexed.

4. How do the parents pass a skill down to their child? I find that even when I have my Esteemed Elders father children, no skill is passed to the child. It seems to be random. Also, is it possible for a child to inherit more than one skill? And more than one bar of a skill?

I think that's all my questions for now, thanks for any help!