[Mick]

For me, it depended on the age of the children.  Under 6 or so, they generally couldn't last a full game, so the starting time didn't matter.  And when Stanford started to provide entertaining amenities, it tired the kids out even earlier.  The sweet spot was age 9-12...any start time was fine.  The challenge was that the younger one fell into the run-out-of-gas quickly age range.  And when the kids got older, Mrs. Mick tended to run out of gas prior to the end of the game, usually some time in the third quarter, sadly.

[Mick]

For me, it depended on the age of the children.  Under 6 or so, they generally couldn't last a full game, so the starting time didn't matter.  And when Stanford started to provide entertaining amenities, it tired the kids out even earlier.  The sweet spot was age 9-12...any start time was fine.  The challenge was that the younger one fell into the run-out-of-gas quickly age range.  And when the kids got older, Mrs. Mick tended to run out of gas prior to the end of the game, usually some time in the third quarter, sadly.