What is the difference between the email notification feature and autoresponse?

Hi,

When creating a form...under the "settings" tab is an email feature " sending emails after submission". What is the difference between the "email notification" feature and "autoresponse"? Do I need to set up both?

Also, if I would like an email to be sent to both the mother's email address and father's, do I close each feature and select "fathers" email instead of mother's?

PLEASE ADVISE. THANKS!

What is the difference between the "email notification" feature and "autoresponse"? Do I need to set up both?

The email notification is the email alert that you will receive when someone completed your form. Please refer to this guide for more information: https://www.jotform.com/help/25-Setting-up-Email-Notifications.

While the autoresponder is the confirmation email that the submitters will receive after submitting the form. You can refer to this guide for more details: https://www.jotform.com/help/26-Setting-up-an-Autoresponder-Email.

You can set up both depending on your needs.

Also, if I would like an email to be sent to both the mother's email address and father's, do I close each feature and select "fathers" email instead of mother's?

I checked your form and I can see that you have 2 email notifications. If you would like to send the email notification to both mother and father, then you can leave it as it is. 

Hope that helps. Thank you.