Hmm, she does have some parenting skills, but I figured that was just earned while, ya know, trying to get pregnant. The father of the children has about as much. I didn't have her doing anything else because she was the only villager I had with the right hair color for my little game of "make all the villagers identical" hehe. Playing with the genetics of the tribe.

One she got too old to have any more babies I changed her name to Viagra and checked parenting so she'd max out her parenting skills. So ya, she has that going for her. I was just annoyed that she even needed to do that considering the full life devoted to taking care of babies that she already had. Plus - now she's old and while research isn't a problem, she's not really suited to the farming life and there is no way she'd ever get master in building.

The medical skill just isn't going to happen because none of the villagers will work on that one on their own. My doctor spends all his time at the pond or eating and occasionally heals someone or will study a plant if I make him. Mastering that one would be a LOT of hands on work from me.

I'm just thinking - once you are a parent of, say, XX kids and XX grandkids - you should get village elder status no matter what.