Relics don't produce tech points (they have a different purpose). Lab items are what will produce tech points, and they don't appear until you have dismantled the totem.

Thank you very much. Gonna try to play and see what happens

I was playing VV5, I dropped a 14 yr trainee farmer in the pond to fish. Then I saw Lolla, an adept doctor who was skilled enough to teach in the nursery. I picked her up near (Not right at.) the hospital, I then accidentally dropped on grass (Not the dry grass.), then I got an error code. I pushed the "prt scrn" button but it didn't work. I didn't even drop her on an object that would cause a reaction?
BTW, I thought the error code said something like tried to read from 0x000008 although I don't know how many 0's.

That's really not enough information to go on. If it happens again, please try to capture more specific information about the error.

I have a 20 year old male parent walking around with a baby?

As stated by Xay, that is normal.

I run windows 7 and am having trouble getting the game to open - and stay open. I attempt to open it and it will start ... but quickly minimize (before I can do anything). I click to maximize it and it will quickly minimize. This can go on for 5-6-7 or even more attempts. I tried to search to see if anyone else has reported this (and any known fixes). But I got way too many replies (many of which are for other LDW games). Can anyone help me?

Do you also have Firefox running when this happens? It sounds like the issue described at the beginning of this answer in our Support FAQ.

If that's the case, you should determine which version of the game you are running (look in the lower left corner of the menu screen). If it's 1.00, please download and install the 1.00.01 update from here.

I restarted my game, now I don't get a parent heathen. I changed this twice, with the same results.

That is an issue that cannot be handled in the forums. Please submit our Support Form and explain exactly what happened, so that we can assist you further.