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Triple Nickel, for a private pilot the key to being a safe pilot to your family is in flying often and regularly - every week, or every other week at least - in all weather and in the same type of helicopter you are going to use when taking up your family.
To only fly every other month, in a helicopter that you are not entirely familiar with, and only in weather that looked fair when you took off, is not safe.
"All weather"? Yeah that'll get him killed. A private pilot flying his family (especially in an R44) should only go up when the weather is spectacular!