My parents were more enlightened. I had very lax curfew standards - if I was out until 2am, it was because I was playing Dungeons and Dragons with the other ne

My parents were more enlightened. I had very lax curfew standards - if I was out until 2am, it was because I was playing Dungeons and Dragons with the other nerds. If my brother was out past 11pm, it was because he was up to no good. :-) To a person the group I played D&D with ultimately ended up in professional jobs. With a sample size of 20+ over the years, we all finished college. At least half got graduate degrees. A couple have made major impacts on science and technology. There was one friend whose parents went a little overboard with the moral panic. Despite that, he came out ok too. :-) One year at GenCon (even better than "at Band Camp") a cop at my table mentioned that criminal behavior for games was almost unmeasurable compared to the general population.