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Message: <blockquote data-quote="PrecociousApprentice" data-source="post: 4359180" data-attributes="member: 61449">I have a kid. She is an amazing child. Everyone loves her. No one ever complains when she is there.I would neven bring her to a game. She is a major distraction. Gaming is impeded by her being there.All children are a hassle. If you do not beleive that yours are, then you are not being objective, and I am sure that there is someone you know and value that thinks that your children can be a hassle sometimes. Trying to claim anything different is disingenuous. There are benefits and drawbacks to having kids present, but to assume that other players don't mind, or that they might need this exposure is self centered. They don't need it, and most would rather not have it. It is a measure of your friendship that they tell you otherwise.As for the list, I think that there should be a longer list of parental responsibilities that must be fulfilled before the current list has any meaning. To claim that other gamers have a responsibility to fulfill that list without outlining the rights that they have by doing so is almost draconian. Parents have the burden of raising their own children, not other people, and part of that is showing the children how to be responsible and respectful of other gamers.I want to stress that this is not an anti-child post. It is a "make sure that you are really a grown-up" post. Children at the game table are fine. It is when adults act like children at the game table, and don't take responsibility for their own children, that I get upset. Being a parent means taking responsibility for the kids. Sometimes that means making hard choices, and sometimes that means disciplining the child. Make sure that you are fulfilling your own responsibilities before hefting them onto others.</blockquote>

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