My family and I have trained, together, for 14+ years. My wife and I started shortly after my son and daughter started at 9 and 7 years of age. Since then, we've traveled all over, met so many wonderful people, and really expanded our world while earning our black belts (one purple-daughter). My son, wife, and daughter competed a good bit. My son, especially, was an avid competitor, competing all over and in anything he could from wrestling to gi or nogi bjj and Muay Thai. It was exhausting, but a good experience and I'm glad those days are over! We're older now and still train but a little more carefully and focused on longevity. My wife and I run a little volunteer class at my coach's gym (SBG Athens) focusing on longevity and, basically, methods and techniques for older people. It's supposed to be "my" class but my wife does as much and we run it a little more like a collaborative study group. I've been learning so much forcing myself to coach and look at things from that perspective, since earning my black belt. When they say the black belt is just the beginning, they weren't joking! At first, I was like "what do I do now?" I never cared about or wanted my black belt, or so I thought/convinced myself, but felt a little stuck. Now, my focus is more on helping other people to get better, train smarter, and stay on the mat longer. That's given me a little more energy and, I hope, relevance!