Being a moderator is a hard job to do sometimes, when it comes to keeping people on topic.. A thankless job, one I would not want. As much as we do enjoy talking about things sometimes that are not on topic (daylilies) there is a place for such things and there are reasons for that.
Daniel you do not have to stop talking about your kids, no one is asking you to do that.Char is just doing her job as moderator of the daylily forum, if we did not have moderators for the forums, there would be no need for named forums there would just be one forum about thousands of different subjects.
I do hope you don't hold it against Char for recommending you take your thread over to the forum designed for an extended detour from the main subject. Sure we all love to get off topic at times, but we have to count on the moderators to not let it get out of hand.
I also hope others will respect the job the moderators are asked to do. I myself have been asked to move a topic at times, and I fully understood why.
It happens to all of us at times, so please don't take it personally! I am sure there are plenty of people who would love to follow your thread about your children. I feel certain Char let the thread run because of the interest shown in it. I just hate it when peoples feelings here seem to be hurt.