Co-Parenting Parrot Babies

Question
What types of parrots are best suited to co-parent situations: being raised by their parents, yet handled by people while still tiny, producing tame babies?

I know cockatiels can be parent raised & handled as babies & still be tame. I have also seen reports of eclectus being the same way (our male SI was parent raised & handled young & he is accepting of people).

My husband & I would like to someday have one pair of breeders--we love the cockatiel personality & size, but not the dust, so we are just trying to find out all of our choices.

Answer
hi. thanks for your question.  

i do agree with you as far as cockatiels being a good choice for this purpose...they have a very sweet disposition and are very easy to tame. they are also amenable to being hand and parent raised. another reason i think that cockatiels come so highly recommended for this purpose is because the male and female take turns incubating the eggs as well as raising the babies, thus sharing the responsibility.  as far as the dust goes (powder down i think you are talking about) , i have not found that the cockatiels emit as much powder down as the larger cockatoos.  however, if this is a problem for you, you should consider another type of bird (it's very unfortunate to both owners and birds when owners must surrender or put their birds up for adoption after discovering how upset their allergies become).  
technically, you could practice this technique with any type of parrot. i had a friend who successfully "co-parented" many, many clutches of lovebirds.  i would suggest a smaller parrot for this purpose, such as a lovebird, so as to avoid severe bites from larger, more protective parrot parents.  i cannot speak individually to each species of bird but in general, i would suggest going with birds who have a "rep" for being a gentler overall temperament so as to avoid aggression from the parents. again, this would include eclectus, cockatiels, ringnecks, and the like.
good luck and i hope that this helps.  alicia