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Message: <blockquote data-quote="merelycompetent" data-source="post: 2798694" data-attributes="member: 33830">It sounds to me like the players were very rude to you - and to the child. Conversations do NOT include yelling. But I wasn't there, and the situation has been filtered both by time and your viewpoint, so YMMV. If it's been that long ago, I wouldn't bring it up again with any of the players. It happened months ago. You can't change it. Move on and try to keep it from happening again.(Yelling at a potential new gamer...?!? I wish some of my players' kids were old enough to be interested. I might actually run a child-oriented game.)I'd suggest talking to all of your players and setting a few table rules - what is and is not acceptable when you are DMing (email or a campaign webpage are great for this). If you're DMing over at someone else's house, make sure you have your own transport so you can leave if it becomes necessary. Then give it a month or three (with reminders such as, "Guys, I'd like to take a moment to clarify Table Rule #3..." every 2-3 weeks/sessions) to settle in before you start gradual enforcement. Make reading the table rules a requirement to play in your game. There is absolutely no point in DMing or Playing if you're going to be miserable. Believe me. I re-learned it the hard way.</blockquote>