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<blockquote data-quote="Altalazar" data-source="post: 1257042" data-attributes="member: 939">I don't have kids (yet) though my wife keeps bugging me.&nbsp; I keep reminding her I need to finish law school first (I also work full time) - otherwise we'd be rather quickly arrested for child neglect.&nbsp; But on to the topic of the thread...How will you (or have you?) introduced gaming to your offspring?&nbsp; Have you gamed with your kids?&nbsp; Have you bought them gaming books of their own?&nbsp; How old are they (the kids, not the books)?&nbsp; How old is probably a good age to introduce them?&nbsp; Would you be disappointed if they didn't have any interest?I thought of this after my old gaming buddy visited last weekened.&nbsp; His family was a pioneer of sorts.&nbsp; Growing up, his whole family would play games - mostly board games, but it was very cut-throat competitive.&nbsp; They didn't let anyone win, that was for sure.&nbsp; As a result, they are all excellent at strategy and such.&nbsp; They even did RPGs, though I'm not sure how much their parents participated in that.&nbsp; One thing his mother did do for him (he often played theif characters that would claim they were &quot;cooks&quot;) was to write up and notarize a note that said &quot;Daniel&quot; (character and player name) &quot;is not a theif&quot; - which he would then trot out whenever, in game, someone accused his character of being a theif - &quot;No I'm not, here's a note from my mom!&quot;&nbsp; He was a fantastic role-player and good at strategy as well - always fun to game with him.&nbsp; My first thought on this was that my kids, at the very least, would be exposed to gaming by seeing me game - and perhaps get an interest from that, so I could teach it to them.&nbsp; Obviously, I wouldn't require that they game, but I certainly would be glad if they did - I think it is good to develop imagination that way and it sure beats going out and getting into trouble.&nbsp; Any thoughts from anyone with kids?&nbsp; Or planning on having any?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Altalazar, post: 1257042, member: 939"] I don't have kids (yet) though my wife keeps bugging me. I keep reminding her I need to finish law school first (I also work full time) - otherwise we'd be rather quickly arrested for child neglect. But on to the topic of the thread... How will you (or have you?) introduced gaming to your offspring? Have you gamed with your kids? Have you bought them gaming books of their own? How old are they (the kids, not the books)? How old is probably a good age to introduce them? Would you be disappointed if they didn't have any interest? I thought of this after my old gaming buddy visited last weekened. His family was a pioneer of sorts. Growing up, his whole family would play games - mostly board games, but it was very cut-throat competitive. They didn't let anyone win, that was for sure. As a result, they are all excellent at strategy and such. They even did RPGs, though I'm not sure how much their parents participated in that. One thing his mother did do for him (he often played theif characters that would claim they were "cooks") was to write up and notarize a note that said "Daniel" (character and player name) "is not a theif" - which he would then trot out whenever, in game, someone accused his character of being a theif - "No I'm not, here's a note from my mom!" He was a fantastic role-player and good at strategy as well - always fun to game with him. My first thought on this was that my kids, at the very least, would be exposed to gaming by seeing me game - and perhaps get an interest from that, so I could teach it to them. Obviously, I wouldn't require that they game, but I certainly would be glad if they did - I think it is good to develop imagination that way and it sure beats going out and getting into trouble. Any thoughts from anyone with kids? Or planning on having any? [/QUOTE]

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