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Message: <blockquote data-quote="CanadienneBacon" data-source="post: 1257544" data-attributes="member: 11146">To the dude who thinks he doesn't have time for kids:  there is no "good" time to start a family.  If you wait until you're "ready," you may well find yourself an old man and who wants to start a family at the age of 50 or 60?  My advice, learned by fire, is just to jump in with both feet.  You will make it work, as will your wife, and your kids will be fine.  You may even find that having children will force you to become more organized and efficient with your study and work time.  That's how it ended up for us.  If you're in law school now, I'm sure you'll probably want to put off a family until you're settled into your new job after graduation (don't newbie lawyers have to work something like 80 hour weeks, at a minimum?).  By that logic, you'll never find the right or perfect moment in your life.My husband and I game.  We both DM and we both like dice, so there's a ton of that stuff laying around our bookshelves.  My children are growing up around D&D.  The 2-year-old loves dice and likes to sit on our laps and roll dice, calling out "16!" no matter what pops up.  She already calls the core books "monster books" and seems fascinated by the art.  She doesn't seem afraid in the least.  We don't own a copy of the BoVD, on purpose.  If I had such a book I would probably take extreme measures to prevent her from ever seeing it; ie: store it high up on a closet shelf and wait until after she goes to sleep at night to get it out and use it for anything.  I am also somewhat cautious about describing violence and gore while she's about.  I figure if the kids take an interest in gaming then I'll neutrally encourage them to continue, the same as I would for any other interest.  I also have 16-month-old twin girls and they too display a great deal of interest in the dice.  I think the most important thing about being gaming parents of young ones is to be careful about whom you invite into your house to join your game.  Find kindly people who treat your children nicely and try to avoid angry mean people, but then again, that's maybe more life advice than it is parent advice.</blockquote>

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