The Parent Game

The show where couples answered questions about parenting.

Gameplay
Host Race would ask three couples a series of multiple-choice questions about how to parent their children. Their job was to match answers with a resident child psychologist. Each time they did that, they earned points.

Each game consisted of five questions. On the first four questions, each player on each team answered individually. On the final question, all three couples must agree and come up with a team answer.

Scoring
Here's how the scoring works: Questions 1 & 2 - 5 points (10 for agreement) Question 3 - 10 points (20 for agreement) Question 4 - 15 points (30 for agreement) Final Question - 30 points

The couple with the most points wins the game, and wins a grand prize. Should the game end in a tie, the tiebreaker rules used on The Newlywed Game came into effect. The cloest guess won the grand prize.

Music
Lee Ringuette

Inventors
Chuck Barris, Barry Abel & Gary Jonke

Trivia
The Parent Game, came back in 1996 on The Family Channel as Wait 'Til You Have Kids! with Tom Parks as the host.

Tagline
Thank you for watching and join us next on The Parent Game where we once again prove that it's not kids who say the darndest things, it's their parents. Thank you & good night! - Clark Race

YouTube Videos
A clip of an early episode

A Full Episode from 1972 - The Sunbirds vs. The Doziers vs. The Hershlands:

Part 1 Part 2 Part 3