If you or your children want to start learning how to play the piano, I would suggest starting with a decent electronic piano. As others have noted here, while

If you or your children want to start learning how to play the piano, I would suggest starting with a decent electronic piano. As others have noted here, while they still don’t have all the nuance, warmth, or personality of great acoustic pianos, they have improved a lot in recent years. They also have some advantages: volume control, playability with headphones, staying in tune, etc. While you or your kids are getting better at playing your electronic piano, you should also take whatever opportunities you can to try acoustic pianos. That will give you an idea of the range of tones, touch, and quality of acoustics, and you will find out what it’s like to play on a piano that is not perfectly in tune. You will then be in a position to start deciding whether you want to invest in an acoustic piano or not. I myself learned how to play as a child on several mediocre acoustic pianos, maintained my skills for a couple of decades on so-so electronic pianos, and for the last twenty years have been playing an acoustic grand piano (Boston, designed by Steinway and made by Kawai) that I bought new. It cost about as much as a new car and I spend more than five hundred dollars a year to keep it tuned and in good shape, but it’s worth it to me.