>Got a form with a parent/child relationship.
>
>I'm getting ******* in my parent table.

Looks like you are (intentionally or not) using SET SKIP which is pretty much unnecessary.
It's a feature - from way back in FoxPro history (DOS at least).

What happens is that for every child record after the first, a value of all ***** is shown in a browse (or grid) of the parent record - and that instead of seeing one parent record you see many.
I think it was designed for one-to-many relationships when accessed from the child end.

I don't know how you turn it on in VFP, you must be choosing an option that I've not used in years :)