The Parent Game

The Parent Game was 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 had to agree and come up with a team answer.

Scoring
Here's how the scoring worked:
 * 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

Altogether, they totaled a perfect score of 65 for disagreement on the first four questions, and 100 for agreement on the first four questions.

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

Music
Lee Ringuette

Inventors
Chuck Barris, Barry Abel, & Gary Jonke

Studio
ABC Vine Street Theater, Los Angeles, CA

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

Links
Josh Rebich's Parent Game Rule Sheet (deadlink)

YouTube Videos
Clips of the 1972 premiere (also the aired pilot): intro, first 7:30 of gameplay