What are some particular speedbumps you've hit in this area due to being a parent?
As with everyone else, time to myself. Especially since we live so far away, and have limited funds... when we visit each other, the children are present (oh to have a hotel for a weekend!) so we have to either leave the house, wait for the children to leave, or be VERY creative and discreet.

Do your children know about your interests?
No.

If you had a choice would you mind one way or the other if your children were into BDSM when they got older?
Not at all. I'm also a pagan, so sexuality is important to me in my spirituality as well. I WANT my children to have happy, healthy sex lives. I want them to be safe, no matter how they choose to play.

In the community how protective are you when it comes to identifying yourself as a parent/talking about your kids? Do you ever worry about that whole "online" aspect here?
I don't post pictures of my children online. They are not allowed to post pics of themselves either.

If you are a sub, do you see raising your children as another act of being a good sub to your partner or do you take a different position/differentiate? Please describe your views of your position as a mother/father vs your position as a sub.
No, this is one area of my life that is not affected by my sexual choices (other than the choice to get pregnant in the first place). Mia'Cova can tell you, I have a good "mommy voice" and I am not afraid to use it!

If you are a dom, do you find your parenting style to be authoritarian? Please describe the differences in your treatment of your child vs your partner.
I'm not a dom, but I had noticed that in my vanilla relationship, I had to take on a more dominant role. I made all the decisions about money, etc. I eventually ended up making all the decisions, period. It felt most of the time as though I had a 4th child, and I would sometimes find myself talking to him as though he were a child, which is part of what eventually turned me off towards him.