Kinda reminds me of the ancient days when I learned to drive. Although both our cars were automatics, before I was allowed to go for my test, my dad insisted that I had to learn to drive a manual shift car just in case I needed to do it.
So I wonder, when automatic shift cars were new, did drivers license centers require that kids take the test in a manual shift? It's kind of the same thing, and as more cars start offering the technology, parallel parking as a skill will become less valuable, and maybe eventually unnecessary.
If you require that your kid know how to parallel park even if you have a car that doesn't require it, do you also require that your kid know how to drive a manual shift car even though your car is an automatic transmission?