You will need to un-check whatever females you have on parenting.

If he is the alpha-male and any females are set on parenting, he will always be "waiting for someone", and therefore, get nothing of his own stuff done.

You don't need to set anyone on parenting, for that matter - just choose who you want to breed and drop them on each other and you can breed them. I find it a waste to set anyone's skill on parenting - I would rather choose who breeds and when.

Sharon