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Jake is loving towards his daughters, though he's often vulnerable to being taken advantage of - especially financially. As a result, he will often let Helen take the lead and simply attempt to back her up, though this often goes wrong when he's not been paying attention. In "Quinn the Brain" he initially complained he wasn't ever allowed to be the lead parent, and then, when he proved unable to navigate his daughter's extortions, threw his wallet at them and yelled "damn it, Helen, I told you I was no good at this parent crap!".
He manages to blot out most of Quinn & Daria's conflicts or problems the girls are showing, mainly for his own health. "[[My Night at Daria's]]" showed that he was incapable of handling the very ''concept'' of his daughters having sex, freaking out and running off at the very sight of Daria during that episode. "[[Lane Miserables]]" and "[[The Daria Database]]" established he can't even remember basic facts about his daughters, like their approximate age or the name of their friends (even though there's only ''one'' to remember in Daria's case). He may wonder why Quinn never introduced him to any of her friends ("[[Daria Dance
Despite Jake's neurotic behavior, there have been periods where he has true insight into the lives of his children. During "Boxing Daria," he explains to Daria that while she was a difficult child to deal with due to her reclusive and jaded behavior, he and Helen understood and accepted that someone as bright as she was not going to be like everyone else. This, of course, flies in the face of their many attempts (primarily Helen's) to get Daria to be like everyone else. In the flashbacks in that episode, notably, he identifies the young Daria "doesn't ''want'' to fit in".
It's sometimes assumed that he's closer to Daria than Quinn (note he has [[kiddo|a pet name]] for her but not Quinn), and from time to time has taken her side or shown he wants to. In "[[Arts 'N Crass]]", he accidentally supports Daria against Helen, backing her artwork. In "[[Of Human Bonding]]", he desperately ''wants'' to bond properly with Daria and reach out, and that he's worried she always looks so lonely, but proves incapable of pulling it off; earlier in the episode, however, he was ''scared'' of knowing about her. (When Jake raises the issue of bonding more with her, Daria ducks the issue by convincing him that the way they sit together reading newspapers & not talking shows their relationship has reached the point where they don't need to talk) In "[[Psycho Therapy]]", he states to the [[Quiet Ivy]] staff that "there's nothing wrong with Daria." In "[[Aunt Nauseum]]" and other episodes, it's Daria he turns to out of the girls if he needs help. The two have been shown sitting at the table together reading and not talking, which Daria seems happy with.
Two notable moments for Jake and his parenting were:
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