Hello and welcome!
Triplet 9 year old boys!?! You are a brave woman!
Everyone here seems to always be around to help on whatever topic you need so just ask anytime!! As far as starting from the ground up, install Daz and scan for content, and load a figure! The 2.2 version has a quick start and other tutorials right as you open the program and there are some great tutorials here at Renderosity,  too.