Academic childermoots are moots set up as schools, where the sires and dams are educators who conceive their own students. Ideally, the future parents receive pedagogical training in preparation for forming such a moot, and seek out potential mates with similar skills.

There is a controversial practice among some very orthodox academic childermoots whereby dams will only communicate to their daughters during religious instruction. The idea is that by only imparting virtue to the pups, at least one of them will grow up and enter into the seminary or pursue a religious vocation. The practice is regarded by many, including other traditionalists, as psychologically abusive, and even detrimental to the pups' spiritual growth, as one can impart virtue in ways additional to direct religious instruction.