My bp's yes, my rat, no (not yet) she is lightning fast and extremely active.

My wife, who was scared of snakes a year ago has started to pet them, and now is willing to hold them. She has even adopted my little normal female as "her girl".
My boys (11,12) are very good with them, I'm even considering letting my 11 year old get one of his own, supervised. My 12 year old is only home 1/2 the year.

With a few minutes of do's and don't I will even let some of the neighborhood kids hold them. I think its helps to educate others on snakes, and undo some of the damage from crap shows like "Man eating super snake"