Is tiddley-winks okay?

I have to respect the decisions of other parents regarding their own children. And, as part of that, I must seek out opinions on things that might even remotely be "iffy."

So, my oldest wants to start RPing, and he hands me a list of phone numbers for his friends. I call up parents and ask if this is an acceptable activity for their child.

I kinda laughed with the first one with a, "what kind of a nut gets bent out of shape over a GAME?"

Indeed. This did not prepare me for the second call.

"We don't agree with letting our child play THOSE games."

My response was, "we'll respect that. Thank you for your time." And I hung up.

But my impulse was to ask, "why?" and hit the poor woman with a hundred questions that I already new answers to. Whatever her reasons, she's probably wrong. If I had been inviting her to a game, I most assuredly would've followed my impulse.

Not that I'd let her into one of my games with a poor attitude like that.