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Message: <blockquote data-quote="PowerWordDumb" data-source="post: 1108751" data-attributes="member: 8614">I find it interesting just how many posters' parents were in fact cool with the game, when I know from my own experience the majority of parents in our area were not, and the airways and newspapers were full of anti-D&D FUD.  Maybe those people whose parents were not rational about it tended to be driven away before becoming gamers interested enough to kill time on a messageboard talking about the game?I'm thinking the Enworld posters are not a very representational sample from which I should draw any conclusions.  It's not like it's the first time!  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Much appreciation to everyone who has (so far) kept this away from the obvious potential flame-bait angles of the discussion.  Small-mindedness and a lack of ability to rationally think things through don't go hand-in-hand with the 'R' word - they can be just as easily associated with politics or any other closely-held system of beliefs or allegiance.  Let's not turn this into an exercise in bashing others.And while some will say their parents were simply looking out for them - I agree in spirit they were trying to, but there's more to your parental duty than taking the spoon-fed knee-jerk reaction someone else suggests to you.  It's your duty as a parent to think things through for yourself and make solid decisions based on your own experiences and your own children.  That doesn't mean you have to come to the same conclusions as me (far from it!), but it does mean you have to research things before your make snap decisions.Kudos to some of the parents like Elf Witch on the thread who are taking their parental duties seriously enough to do the hard thinking themselves instead of buying it pre-packaged.</blockquote>

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