Rails - Jun 2011 - How to get correct index and name with fields_for parents, parent do |f| and f.fields_for :children, child

Hi,
   I''m editing multiple instances of a parent model in an index view
in one form, as in Railscasts #198. Each parent has_many :children and
accepts_nested_attributes_for :children, as in Railscasts #196 and
#197

<%= form_tag %>
  <% for parent in @parents %>
    <%= fields_for "parents[]", parent do |f|
      <%= f.text_field :job %>
      <%= f.fields_for :children do |cf| %>
         <% cf.text_field :chore %>
      <% end %>
    <% end %>
  <% end %>
<% end %>

Given parent.id==1
f.text_field :job correctly generates

<input id="parents_1_job" type="text"
value="coding" size="30"
name="parents[1][job]">

But cf.text_field :chore generates ids and names that don''t have the
parent index.

id="parents_children_attributes_0_chore"
name="parents[children_attributes][0][chore]"

I''ve stared at the tail end of
http://guides.rubyonrails.org/form_helpers.html
and tried lots of combos but haven''t found the magic syntax.  Do I
need to subclass FormBuilder and teach it what to do somehow, or is
there a way to tell fields_for what it needs?

Thanks

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