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<blockquote data-quote="Templetroll" data-source="post: 2419393" data-attributes="member: 2201">Congrats!&nbsp; It is possible and beneficial for children and gaming to co-exist and mix.Go to Paizo and get the plush D20.&nbsp; If it survives long enough you can teach your kids to count!&nbsp; They will realize it is important to learn since Daddy always plays with his d20!&nbsp; keep in mind the size of the d20 has to be bigger than the kid's mouth at all times!&nbsp; (my daughter's choking incident was 2 quarters and a nickle she found on the floor of a gaming room that had been 'baby-proofed' by three adults.&nbsp; Kids always trump adults in things like that; see these grey hairs?&nbsp; I earned those suckers!)When my daughter was ready to be taken out one of the first things we did was get back to our regular gaming group!&nbsp; Luckily, it was half female, almost all married and some had kids of their own.&nbsp; We had no problem with someone to watch the baby while we took our turns and roleplayed.&nbsp; Once, I ran a game at our house and one of the players suggested that my now sleeping daughter be put in her room, since it was convenient for once.&nbsp; I did so...&nbsp; By the time I got back to the living room we heard on the intercom that she was awake and wanting up.&nbsp; I brought her back down and started the game again.&nbsp; Snooze-city for the kid.&nbsp;&nbsp; Noise, especially that associated with gaming, was a comfort to her!&nbsp; dang, that was sweet!Once I was playing Magic:TG with my wife and we heard our daughter tell her grandmother, &quot;I turn Thomas (the Tank-Engine) and you take 3 points of damage!&quot;&nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f60e.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":cool:" title="Cool&nbsp; &nbsp; :cool:"&nbsp; data-smilie="6"data-shortname=":cool:" /> She started playing D&amp;D with us when she was 10; she is 15 now and it is very cool.&nbsp;&nbsp; Her first character was a teenage witch named Sabrina.... She died at the Moathouse in the ToEE module.&nbsp;&nbsp; She has since played an cat that could turn into a panther (worked through 5 out of 9 lives before a TPK)&nbsp; a flying cat sorcerer, an owl druid, a faerie dragon, a silver dragon, a sabre-tooth tiger druid .... you get the picture, I'm sure.&nbsp;&nbsp; In a Greyhawk campaign I'm running for my wife and child she is playing a tiefling from Kanak in the Dry Steppes and a creature based on an illustration - kinda catlike with fire on the tip of its tail.&nbsp; She wants the tiefling to be related to characters like Vash the Stampede and Shoshomaru.&nbsp; &nbsp; <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/nervous.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":heh:" title="Nervous Laugh&nbsp; &nbsp; :heh:" data-shortname=":heh:" /> We've found that her math skills improved when she started playing D&amp;D as well as her vocabulary.&nbsp; Imagination is always a great thing for a kid to use; keeps them away from the Tv for a while - up to you whether it kept you from a bad crowd...&nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Templetroll, post: 2419393, member: 2201"] Congrats! It is possible and beneficial for children and gaming to co-exist and mix. Go to Paizo and get the plush D20. If it survives long enough you can teach your kids to count! They will realize it is important to learn since Daddy always plays with [I]his [/I] d20! keep in mind the size of the d20 has to be bigger than the kid's mouth at all times! (my daughter's choking incident was 2 quarters and a nickle she found on the floor of a gaming room that had been 'baby-proofed' by three adults. Kids always trump adults in things like that; see these grey hairs? I [I]earned [/I] those suckers!) When my daughter was ready to be taken out one of the first things we did was get back to our regular gaming group! Luckily, it was half female, almost all married and some had kids of their own. We had no problem with someone to watch the baby while we took our turns and roleplayed. Once, I ran a game at our house and one of the players suggested that my now sleeping daughter be put in her room, since it was convenient for once. I did so... By the time I got back to the living room we heard on the intercom that she was awake and wanting up. I brought her back down and started the game again. Snooze-city for the kid. Noise, especially that associated with gaming, was a comfort to her! dang, [I]that [/I] was sweet! Once I was playing Magic:TG with my wife and we heard our daughter tell her grandmother, "I turn Thomas (the Tank-Engine) and you take 3 points of damage!" :cool: She started playing D&D with us when she was 10; she is 15 now and it is very cool. Her first character was a teenage witch named Sabrina.... She died at the Moathouse in the ToEE module. She has since played an cat that could turn into a panther (worked through 5 out of 9 lives before a TPK) a flying cat sorcerer, an owl druid, a faerie dragon, a silver dragon, a sabre-tooth tiger druid .... you get the picture, I'm sure. In a Greyhawk campaign I'm running for my wife and child she is playing a tiefling from Kanak in the Dry Steppes and a creature based on an illustration - kinda catlike with fire on the tip of its tail. She wants the tiefling to be related to characters like Vash the Stampede and Shoshomaru. :heh: We've found that her math skills improved when she started playing D&D as well as her vocabulary. Imagination is always a great thing for a kid to use; keeps them away from the Tv for a while - up to you whether it kept you from a bad crowd... ;) [/QUOTE]

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