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<blockquote data-quote="Raven Crowking" data-source="post: 5065110" data-attributes="member: 18280">I'm 43, have three kids (two of whom now play), have an ex to deal with (mother of two older children) &amp; current female partner (mother of my third child) (neither of whom play).&nbsp; I started playing in 1979.When I was a kid, my parents certainly did not mind my playing D&amp;D; they were pretty supportive.&nbsp; Drove me out to the hobby shop and everything.They did once suggest that my weekly games would be no more if my marks didn't improve (they did improve; smart parents target things that motivate their kids!).&nbsp; My dad was not altogether happy once when I biked out to Oconomowac to the hobby store there (as I neither asked permission nor told them I was going, and it was a long bike ride from Hartland, WI).....but he wasn't particularly cross either, all things considered.&nbsp; When I decided to walk the 60 miles to Brookfield Mall to pick up some modules, my mother drove out to get me afterwards (&quot;Brookfield?&nbsp; What are you doing there?&nbsp; What do you mean you walked!?!&quot;).Altogether, my parents actually come closest to sainthood when I consider how well they dealt with the curves I occasionally threw them.They probably know I still play, and probably still have the same non-attitude towards it.&nbsp; They are very supportive of my writing overall, though, which includes my work for Dragon Roots magazine.RC</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Raven Crowking, post: 5065110, member: 18280"] I'm 43, have three kids (two of whom now play), have an ex to deal with (mother of two older children) & current female partner (mother of my third child) (neither of whom play). I started playing in 1979. When I was a kid, my parents certainly did not mind my playing D&D; they were pretty supportive. Drove me out to the hobby shop and everything. They did once suggest that my weekly games would be no more if my marks didn't improve (they did improve; smart parents target things that motivate their kids!). My dad was not altogether happy once when I biked out to Oconomowac to the hobby store there (as I neither asked permission nor told them I was going, and it was a long bike ride from Hartland, WI).....but he wasn't particularly cross either, all things considered. When I decided to walk the 60 miles to Brookfield Mall to pick up some modules, my mother drove out to get me afterwards ("[I]Brookfield[/I]? What are you doing [I]there[/I]? What do you mean you [I][B]walked[/B][/I]!?!"). Altogether, my parents actually come closest to sainthood when I consider how well they dealt with the curves I occasionally threw them. They probably know I still play, and probably still have the same non-attitude towards it. They are very supportive of my writing overall, though, which includes my work for Dragon Roots magazine. RC [/QUOTE]

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