D&D Still Satanic? "So my mom threw away all my D&D books..."

My twins are age 3 now and their favourite book is the 3.5e MM1. We usually read it every night and they keep trying to take it to daycare to show and tell.

Do you only read the flavor text + description + examples or everything? Cause if you read everything, that's pretty hard core. :D

I mean seriously, if he can rattle off some a dragon's stats during the middle of a movie and give DnD tactics on how it should have been killed mid scene that's a huge win. :D
 

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I never got any flak in my mostly Southern Baptist family for D&D. The closest was a relative that thought C. S. Lewis was a little free with his imagery in Narnia, but her reaction was to engage me in discussion. I got a little flack at school, but that quickly blew over. We even used avowedly roleplaying techniques in Bible study. :p

The first and only time I got flak was after a guest minister at an avowdly mainstream (Prebysterian, I think) church got all wacky. One of my friends who attended came away confused. It quickly became obvious talking to her that this guy needed a scapegoat that would not offend the congregation, because that would affect the collection. A real fundamentalist, serious minister in that church would have talked about divorce or spending time with your children or something like that. Not roleplaying games. Not far away political issues. About things possibly pertinent in daily life to the people sitting in the audience.

This is how you can tell when you hear nonsense about D&D supposedly from a religious perspective. (There are some serious objections to fantasy from some religious perspectives, but they will be more comprehensive and intelligble than D&D scapegoating. Those are way outside the scope of this forum.)

The only flak I ever got from my parents on this issue was that they think my wife and I are a bit over-protective of our kids when it comes to film. They still don't understand why the youngest didn't get to see the 4th Harry Potter until she was almost 11. :)
 


The only flak I ever got from my parents on this issue was that they think my wife and I are a bit over-protective of our kids when it comes to film. They still don't understand why the youngest didn't get to see the 4th Harry Potter until she was almost 11. :)

Our 6-year old has seen them all - though mostly at home on DVD. We screen them first and then make our determination whether he gets to see them or not.

I remember my parents took me to my first R-rated movie when I was 13. It was Ordinary People. Excellent film.
 

I never got any flak in my mostly Southern Baptist family for D&D. The closest was a relative that thought C. S. Lewis was a little free with his imagery in Narnia, but her reaction was to engage me in discussion. I got a little flack at school, but that quickly blew over. We even used avowedly roleplaying techniques in Bible study. :p

The first and only time I got flak was after a guest minister at an avowdly mainstream (Prebysterian, I think) church got all wacky. One of my friends who attended came away confused. It quickly became obvious talking to her that this guy needed a scapegoat that would not offend the congregation, because that would affect the collection. A real fundamentalist, serious minister in that church would have talked about divorce or spending time with your children or something like that. Not roleplaying games. Not far away political issues. About things possibly pertinent in daily life to the people sitting in the audience.

This is how you can tell when you hear nonsense about D&D supposedly from a religious perspective. (There are some serious objections to fantasy from some religious perspectives, but they will be more comprehensive and intelligble than D&D scapegoating. Those are way outside the scope of this forum.)

The only flak I ever got from my parents on this issue was that they think my wife and I are a bit over-protective of our kids when it comes to film. They still don't understand why the youngest didn't get to see the 4th Harry Potter until she was almost 11. :)

I am very strict about not letting my daughter watch the Harry Potter movies until she finishes the books. So, she's seen the first four movies, but won't get to see the Order of the Phoenix movie until she finishes that book (she's a bit over halfway through the book...) And, I do quiz her on the details of the books as she reads them, just to make sure she is not skipping anything.

I gave her a challenge, though. If she can finish all the books by July 15, I'll take her to the midnight showing of Deathly Hallows 2. (she turned 8 this past February)

Her comment after seeing the Goblet of Fire movie is, "so, Cedric got killed by Voldemort & came back as a vampire in Twilight." :) (She has not seen the Twilight movies - just has seen the pictures/posters)
 
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Our 6-year old has seen them all - though mostly at home on DVD. We screen them first and then make our determination whether he gets to see them or not.

I remember my parents took me to my first R-rated movie when I was 13. It was Ordinary People. Excellent film.

One of the reasons we are careful about it is because my parents were not, exactly. It wasn't as if they took me to see stuff way out of line, but there was definitely some things I'd just have soon missed or waited on. Of course, when I was little, VCRs were not an option yet, and you saw it when it came out, or waited for a cut version on TV several years later. :lol:
 

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