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<blockquote data-quote="Nightchilde-2" data-source="post: 4357440" data-attributes="member: 4109"><p>Exactly. There's a HUGE difference between a disciplinary swat on the booty to grab the kid's attention and let them know "hey, cut it out" and leaving a bruise or red mark.</p><p></p><p>As a father of three (a 12-year old girl, a 6-year old girl and a 7-month old boy) I get the full range of child challenges during gaming. Though my weekly game is online so it's not anywhere nearly as much of a distraction as if it were a f2f game.</p><p></p><p>However, I do run a monthly f2f game, so I do have one tip in consideration to the non-childrearing gamers.</p><p></p><p>Warn them. Make sure that they know there's going to be kids at the session (in our case, my kids, plus the son of one of the other couples and occasionally the son of a third couple). The kidless members of the group were "warned" ahead of time. And if that does turn someone off and they choose not to be in the game, don't take it personal (unless the kidless people are just asshats about it). Let them know, hey, it's going to be loud and noisy, there are going to be times you'll have to bow out because of kid-related issues and there WILL be distractions. A lot of times, just explaining this up front is helpful.</p><p></p><p>That said, my 12-year old plays with us (and is one of the best RPers of the group), my 6 year old likes to roll dice for me when she's not playing with the other kids and I actually have one of those rare 7-month olds that is as perfect as I make him out to be...he doesn't even fuss until he's hungry, sleepy or needs a diaper change..otherwide, he just hangs out and laughs at us.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nightchilde-2, post: 4357440, member: 4109"] Exactly. There's a HUGE difference between a disciplinary swat on the booty to grab the kid's attention and let them know "hey, cut it out" and leaving a bruise or red mark. As a father of three (a 12-year old girl, a 6-year old girl and a 7-month old boy) I get the full range of child challenges during gaming. Though my weekly game is online so it's not anywhere nearly as much of a distraction as if it were a f2f game. However, I do run a monthly f2f game, so I do have one tip in consideration to the non-childrearing gamers. Warn them. Make sure that they know there's going to be kids at the session (in our case, my kids, plus the son of one of the other couples and occasionally the son of a third couple). The kidless members of the group were "warned" ahead of time. And if that does turn someone off and they choose not to be in the game, don't take it personal (unless the kidless people are just asshats about it). Let them know, hey, it's going to be loud and noisy, there are going to be times you'll have to bow out because of kid-related issues and there WILL be distractions. A lot of times, just explaining this up front is helpful. That said, my 12-year old plays with us (and is one of the best RPers of the group), my 6 year old likes to roll dice for me when she's not playing with the other kids and I actually have one of those rare 7-month olds that is as perfect as I make him out to be...he doesn't even fuss until he's hungry, sleepy or needs a diaper change..otherwide, he just hangs out and laughs at us. [/QUOTE]
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