Surprisingly enough, their children did not sit back and let their parents hash out their differences. They had become completely enamored by their father's suggestion!
"I wanna see, mama!" Andraste insisted. "No, I wanna fight!"
"I want to stay with papa." Marvaine said. "If papa can withstand this danger, then so can I!"
"A qualified leader must not show timidity." Aurelia finally voiced her opinion.
It took a lot of arguing, but Ves finally managed to get his wife to agree to bring his children close enough to allow them to experience the brutality of combat at a closer distance.
Of course, they would still remain well in the rear where the aliens shouldn't be able to attack their positions. Ves may be crazy, but he wasn't stupid.
What was important was that Ves wanted his children to stay close to him as he served as the center of a mobile command post.