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Message: <blockquote data-quote="bento" data-source="post: 3674016" data-attributes="member: 36597">Do you fear that kids will abandon RPGs or just the RPGs you play?I'd like to take your word, but I don't think you have any data to back this up.  I'll bet Peni's hypothesis has more to do with the sustained success of gaming during its first 30 years.I don't think the urge to teach your kids the finer points of AoOs and grapple checks are not without ulterior motives.  It IS great when families share pasttimes and play games together, but giving your seven year old a set of dice is loaded with the same unconsious desires some dads have when giving a son his first baseball glove or football.  Dads (and a few moms) have the desire to see their kid accomplishing some of the same challenges they did when they were kids, hence the continued interest in sports and scouting.  I'm sure a lot of gamer dads would really like to DM the first time their kid kills a beholder!  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue    :p"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" /> Up until 30 years ago sport figures were role models that much of society looked up to; the courage of Jackie Robinson or work ethics of Lou Gherig.  Sports provides one of the few  social outlets where relative strangers can be togther and feel like they are part of something much larger.  Sports plays much of the same rolls we used to feel at local events but that has all but destroyed by national media.Every generation comes with their own approach to entertainment.  What clicks with one generation won't click with another.  Changes in style, technology, morals, and other factors will create new things that we can never imagine.  I collected baseball cards, read comics and played D&D.  My kids collect Pokemon, read novels, and play with their Gameboys.  I'd much rather bond over the things that give THEM enjoyment than the other way around.  I'm sure when my kids get more into "fantasy" setting games they'll much rather play WoW or Elder Scroll, with all the bells and whistles, than dad's D&D.  If they do show an interest, great - let's play! Otherwise I'll let them enjoy their own things.</blockquote>

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