I think part of the issue is the suggestion that same-sex relations are not somehow family friendly, although I know you never said that. It’s upsetting to think that something as innocent as flirting needs warned against, but only if it’s same-sex.
It’s standard that for all of the official Choice of Games, if there’s romantic content, then there has to be both same-sex and opposite-sex options.
Don’t worry, I’m sure you didn’t mean anything by it. It’s more the “gay = mature; straight = child-friendly” culture that’s the problem, and the best way to combat that would be by having more gay characters in children’s stories, not fewer. (And if it gets the parents to talk to the children about it, good. 
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@moonwalkerdragon’s list was of games to avoid for youngin’s, not to recommend them. 
I meant one’s to avoid dude, sorry if I did not make it clear I only had one cup of coffee today 
, to make things worse, I lost in a yugioh duel 
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Ah,I see.
Please excuse my stupidity,as I have just woken up.
@ParrotWatcher, and really it was more about what I think an audience of parents might want to be told about in advance, NOT my personal feelings on the matter. Many parents are just so protective sometimes! (sometimes overly so)
So I was thinking of pragmatic business concerns and yes I was thinking of the culture you describe (because it’s the culture we have right now).
Speaking of stories to avoid…
Samurai of Hyuga is A BIG NO NO for kids.
However,contrary to what @moonwalkerdragon said,I think that TLH is suitable for kids.Other than the subtle hints that are dropped when you have sex with your partner,it’s relatively safe.
I though about CCH,but after thinking about it,I’m not so sure.You’ve got the scandalous photos of Tress ,Origami dying and Dirty Girl and Crook as a whole.I guess it’s fine for tweens.
And CCH is absolutely inappropriate for anyone under 14 (and maybe older). You forgot drugs, drinking alcohol (to excess), the "horn"y scene, and a lot of cursing (there will be more in part 2)
My apologies I don’t remember that at all. I’m guessing there was an option not to eat them or my memory’s faulty. (I haven’t read it in some time).
There’s an option to let them go rather than eating them. And I usually abduct a prince rather than a princess because emancipation 
Eh, I would have no problem presenting choice of dragon to an elleven year old.
As I remember it, it is pretty funny and the violence is sort of cartoony. And if the kids already are reading fantasy, I can’t see anything in the Lost Heir that they properly haven’t read before.
Then again, I am pretty confused as what counts as family friendly (Espically in America, because value-dissonance.) At elleven I was reading the greek myths, fairty tales and a lot of fantasy books which wasn’t shy with sex and violence and I think I was elleven and twelve when my favorite book ended with the protagonist commiting suicide by plauge and winning by doing so.
And then we are of course not even getting into the talking animals craze I was in (such as watership down, and the one I can’t remember but the animals have to flee from the woods. I was my favorite, but it was brutal).
Mostly, when it comes to kids, I would say that the parents knows best what the kids limits are (and which of these limits can be safely pushed) and if in doubt I would simply play through the game first and see it there is anything inappropiate for your kids.
Animals of Farthing Wood? I never read it, but I saw the cartoon… and it’s even darker than Watership Down… And then there was Redwall, a very violent fantasy series, in which the protagonists were anthropomorphic animals (a little implicit racism, if I recall, as the villains were always rats and foxes).
Maybe? I was elleven and it was translated, so I am not sure what the original title would have been.
Given that I read Dune when I was five (and had first-grade classmates reading Piers Anthony), you might want to take my recommendations with a grain of salt. The bottom line is, know your kids, and if possible play it yourself before giving it to them.
That said, start with Sixth Grade Detective - that’s definitely kid-friendly. Choice of the Dragon also makes sense, as does Choice of Broadsides. I’d also recommend Choice of Kung Fu to expand your kid’s horizons a bit. (The above three mention sex, but I assume the kid has had fifth grade health class.) For Hosted Games, Apex Patrol.
Stay away from To the City in the Clouds, Heroes Rise/THP, NOLA Is Burning (duhhhhhh), Choice of the Petal Throne (the player can sexually abuse a subordinate), the Deathless games and Metahuman Inc (horror and money are involved), and Affairs of the Court (while the latter isn’t sexually that explicit, it’s a court full of infidelity and murder).
Choice of Robots and Choice of Alexandria are also disrecommended for a different reason - while the content is not particularly adult in the conventional sense, they are written at a very high level (the writer is a Ph.D) and expect a high degree of intelligence and geekery out of the reader. A Study in Steampunk is kind of like that too. And Psy High won’t make sense until you’ve been through high school.
Maybe one day CoG will spin off a “kid friendly” brand that will make it easier for parents to find appropriate content, especially as current CoG readers grow older. Twenty-year-olds who started out with Dragon or Broadsides 5 years ago might be having kids now, and those kids may be old enough to read more “kid friendly” releases by 2026.
I’m not sure how well Sixth Grade Detective did, saleswise, but it seems like the audience is there. Kids still read the Choose Your Own Adventure series! There’s got to be a way to make money there.
Thanks for all of the suggestions and recommendations, guys. The response to the topic was helpful, thank you.
I agree with Eric. Choose your own adventure style books are especially popular with kids. Additionally, there’s an age around grade school where parents are reading to their children at night and this style of story would be very appealing for both parents and children, I think.
Anyway, I’ll start with Sixth Grade Detective, as suggested, and go from there. I do hope this discussion results in some children-specific stories. I think they’d be popular and expand the community.
Delight games (they’re on Android and i guess probably Apple) have 2 kid’s books in their line up (can’t comment on if they’re good or not but they’re ad supported so you could check them out.) Don’t go with the other books in their library, without looking then over first and seeing if they’re appropriate (because many probably aren’t)
Try “The Parenting Simulator”, by Matt Simpson.
No swearing, no sex, and plenty of kid-relatable events. Plus, it’s played from the parent’s POV, so your child will definitely learn to see family life from a different perspective… 
There’s just one (minor) caveat – since you were so specific – in that it isn’t a Choice Of Games title; it’s in the Hosted Games lineup, instead.
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One game that IS in the Choice Of Games lineup that you might try is "Choice Of Magics."
Same comments as for “The Parenting Simulator”: No swearing, and no sex. And lots of magic! Look for a review by “G. Parks” on Amazon; I think you’ll find it both extensive, and eye-opening:
[ A “head’s up” here in the interest of open disclosure and fair warning: “G. Parks” is my real name. That’s MY OWN REVIEW I’m recommending. ]
Hope this helps!
Twelve or thirteen years old.
LOL, me too!
While my coevals were reading The Wind In The Willows, I was reading “ghost hunting” books by Hans Holzer & Sybil Leek! I also read The Search For Bridey Murphy at around that age (but my Mom needed to clue me that it was a hoax).
Well you can try cliffhanger: challenger of tomorrow, I don’t think is that focus on romance and is pretty exciting. 