[baldeagl1]

You don't have to carry concealed in your own home or on your own property. If your wife and children see a properly holstered firearm (trigger covered and thumb break in place) on your body at all times, they will adjust to that fact and it will become a non-issue.

When you kid tries to get to the gun (and they almost certainly will), he or she will be directly in your presence, and you can then begin the gun safety instruction. Each time the kid tries to access the gun, you can reinforce the safety lessons until that also becomes a non-issue. As your children grow, they will become comfortable around guns but will have a deep respect for them and understand gun safety rules completely.

If, God forbid, you should ever have to use your gun in your home to defend your family, your children will then instantly connect your routine carrying to the reason that you did so, and the lesson will be imprinted for a lifetime.