While taking i'm Child and Adolescent development class one of our debates was centered around who made the better parent Mom or Dad? While most people believed that there could be no better parent then their Mother since she did all the "dirty" work there was little positive material that could be found defending this concensus view. Now that the debate is over many people admitted to having to change their view to be able to properly defend their arguement with scholarly view points. So I was wondering what actual parents thought about this debate. Are women better parents then men because they are willing to go above and beyond. Or are men better parents because they can teach children things that cant be taught by a woman.