bruce had been bat//man for a few years when he adopted dick he made no attempt to hide it from the 8 year old and the boy knew about the batcave and had even been in it a couple times but Bruce had a strict rule that he was allowed to patrol with him

dick had begged and begged and begged to just get to go out as his sidekick he’d given himself a hero name and everything alas Bruce wouldn’t let him he cared about him far to much

this remained the same when he adopted Jason after he attempted to steal the Batmobile’s tires, remained when he adopted Tim the neighbours kid after his parents died on in a plain crash coming back from a dig , remained when he met Cass being trained as a weapon , remained when he found out about his son Damian’s existence

he would not endanger his kids he wouldn’t they Meant far too much to him he put them in therapy and all sorts helping them recover without going out on the field getting themselves killed he also made sure they could communicate with him and felt safe he occasionally let them work on comms but he mostly restricted that too

he didn’t let his work get in the way of being a father he always went to there sports games there recitals watch them collect awards and watch them graduate and he was so goddamn proud of them they all still lived at home with them he liked that he didn’t want them to move out sure dick, Jason and Cass were all legal adults but they were also his babies he didn’t want them to leave and they didn’t want to leave either so they stayed

he’d come home from a rather rouge patrol and all he could think about was how much he couldn’t wait to see his god damn kids