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In another thread, a point was made that Witches get a smaller selection of class skills. A solution that makes sense to me is to have familiars teach the witch a class skill. The rationale behind this thought is that the witch communes with the familiar to learn spells, but is magic the only thing they would discuss? To simulate the familiars knack in a particular area would be to have each familiar associated with a particular skill or skills. For example, foxes would be great at teaching the witch to Bluff and Sense Motive, while a rat would be great at teaching the witch Knowledge: Religion or Sleight of Hand.
There is no need for all witches to have the exact same skill set. I think that would be a little boring. Better to make the choice of familiar be based on more than just spell selection.
Thoughts?
I made a version of the witch that gave some basic skills to all witches, and then branched them out for the Maiden, Mother, and Crone (or Lad, Patron, and Grandfather for the witchmen). Basically, Maidens got Cha-based skills, Mothers got Wis-based skills, and Crones got Int-based skills.
But I like the familiar idea too. Much more flexible, and it fits in better with the alternate-wizard build that Paizo went with.