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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DrunkonDuty" data-source="post: 5559155" data-attributes="member: 54364">My folks were always very supportive of my gaming. They saw it as imaginative and helpful in improving literacy and numeracy skills. Good stuff as far as they were concerned.  I think that sometimes my mum wished I'd been a bit a of a tear-away. Not the full "sex drugs and rocknroll" but maybe some of the rocknroll. I think that she was worrying about my socialisation with the, er, general populace.  My dad was always kinda fascinated by it all. He's the one who got me into scifi and fantasy novels as a youngster. But he never took up gaming unfortunately. Now he's retired and has the time maybe I can convince him to give it a try... I mean he likes computer RPGs. I feel sorry for the kid in the OP. I have trouble understanding that sort of parenting and that sort of strange scapegoating. I did encounter a little of it High School, some of the other kids were quite religious and repeated some of that stupid "DnD is Satanic" nonsense. But they were just people I knew, not even close friends. I simply laughed them off.* Not the same situation as with a parent who disapproves. In terms of grief suffered for my hobby I copped a lot more from "DnD is nerdy." A LOT more. *In hindsight I was more than a bit derisive of where they were coming from, belief-wise. If I ever meet them again I should apologise. anywoo, that's my story. CHeers.</blockquote>