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Lauradiego
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 Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2007 9:52 am Post subject: What is your impression of Pokemon |
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I was just wondering what you think about the show Pokemon. My 6 year old son has discovered it this weekend on a "weekend marathon" and now wants to watch it. I watched it with him, as I had never nor he ever watched it before.
I love the animation, but I think it's also full of projectionist violence. There is alot of fighting and such in every episode. Do you allow your children to watch it...or not.
Please don't think I'm neurotic...I'm not. As a matter of fact, I grew up watching one of the best cartoons ever made.........Speed Racer.
Never mind the stuff I said about Pokemon being violent....it really isn't.
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Deus_ex_machina
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You've got a very warped sense of what affects a child. 
I am a teenager and I used to watch it a lot and play the games, and get the trading cards. No I'm not violent, and no I do not have children.
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blessedmom
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My boys had all the Pokemon cards and games and action figures. They all went through a phase where Pokemon was all that. I never worried about the mild violence because my kids were very well educated about what TV is and that it is not real. They knew what was acceptable behaviour for them and that fantasy is far different from reality.
Fast forward 5 years. My boys are now 16, 14, and 13 and not one of them would be caught dead having anything to do with Pokemon or Yugi-oh. It is a passing phase that almost all little boys that I have met in the past 10 years seems to go through. It was good entertainment and, with the exception of the money spent on the obsession, harmless to all of us. 
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Deus_ex_machina
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| blessedmom wrote: | My boys had all the Pokemon cards and games and action figures. They all went through a phase where Pokemon was all that. I never worried about the mild violence because my kids were very well educated about what TV is and that it is not real. They knew what was acceptable behaviour for them and that fantasy is far different from reality.
Fast forward 5 years. My boys are now 16, 14, and 13 and not one of them would be caught dead having anything to do with Pokemon or Yugi-oh. It is a passing phase that almost all little boys that I have met in the past 10 years seems to go through. It was good entertainment and, with the exception of the money spent on the obsession, harmless to all of us. |
I used to know one Autistic (At least I think she was Autistic) girl who loved Pokemon and Dragon Ball Z and all of that, and this was in High School.
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Corsarzs
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Z was watching the same Marathon. Loves the video games and the cards, and the figures, so do his classmates. It gives him something in common with them, a good point of contact. The violence is primarily in the form of Matches, and no pokemon are permanently harmed in the making of the program. It also gives adults a disciplinary tool, "No Pokemon if you don't clean your room," watch out for over reaction from this kind of statement, bit enforce it and you will get ggoog results, occaisionally.
I still have a Gold Pokemon card, as a remembrance of my lost first family. There should be no permanent damage from letting yor son watch this program. just don't get too wrapped up in it yourself
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Metal_Man
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My son (I'm the aspie he's the NT) is into Pokemon and all of the other fads like it. He is the most non-violent child there is. It is entertainment and gives him something in common with his peers. It is harmless.
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pugfug90
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| It is cool and the colors keep me interested woo |
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Lauradiego
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You know, I think my original post on the Pokemon subject was a little over reacting on my part. Sorry to all . Anyway, my fave was always Speed Racer and I have the collection of all the episodes. I introduced my sons to them when he was only 3 yrs old....he's now 6 and his brother's 3 yrs old. So....please forgive me, if anything, I think Speed's more "violent" than Pokemon could ever be....but we still watch it and it will always be my fave !!!
Go Speed Racer Go !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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squeeker
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| I've never actually watched that show. But I've seen some of the characters, and find them kinda cute. Infact, I've played Super Smash Bros. Melee, and used both Pikachu and Pichu. And I coloured in this one pokemon, because there was a contest thing on another site I was on. But I've never watched it, so I don't know if I'd like the storylines or all the characters. |
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blessedmom
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| Deus_ex_machina wrote: | | blessedmom wrote: | My boys had all the Pokemon cards and games and action figures. They all went through a phase where Pokemon was all that. I never worried about the mild violence because my kids were very well educated about what TV is and that it is not real. They knew what was acceptable behaviour for them and that fantasy is far different from reality.
Fast forward 5 years. My boys are now 16, 14, and 13 and not one of them would be caught dead having anything to do with Pokemon or Yugi-oh. It is a passing phase that almost all little boys that I have met in the past 10 years seems to go through. It was good entertainment and, with the exception of the money spent on the obsession, harmless to all of us. |
I used to know one Autistic (At least I think she was Autistic) girl who loved Pokemon and Dragon Ball Z and all of that, and this was in High School. |
I know a few teens who still like it, as well. My NT son loved Beyblades and he still has the arena and spinny things. ( I hope I have the right name for this one) He is 14 and he still takes them out now and then. His 2 brothers with AS think he's silly, but they have their obsessions, too.
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KimJ
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The worst part about TV for children (and adults) are the advertising. No amount of education and realistic viewpoints are going to protect your child from that. Even PBS has it. I would worry more about the product placement of all those Japanese cartoons (they are a whole system of merchandise) than the cartoon violence. I'd say most of us were raised on cartoon violence and it's not dangerous. (in my anecdotal opinion)
I'm a graduate of BBU (BugBunnyUniversity), majored in Tazmanian Studies.
We don't have cable and my son knows that we don't have much on our tv, so he doesn't watch it. He gets his advertising from the internet and youtube. The plus is that he can study a product for a long time and understand what it is and how to use it. Versus the ridiculous spin the tv ads put on their stuff. I work the same way. |
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Fraz_2006
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| Deus_ex_machina wrote: | | blessedmom wrote: | My boys had all the Pokemon cards and games and action figures. They all went through a phase where Pokemon was all that. I never worried about the mild violence because my kids were very well educated about what TV is and that it is not real. They knew what was acceptable behaviour for them and that fantasy is far different from reality.
Fast forward 5 years. My boys are now 16, 14, and 13 and not one of them would be caught dead having anything to do with Pokemon or Yugi-oh. It is a passing phase that almost all little boys that I have met in the past 10 years seems to go through. It was good entertainment and, with the exception of the money spent on the obsession, harmless to all of us. |
I used to know one Autistic (At least I think she was Autistic) girl who loved Pokemon and Dragon Ball Z and all of that, and this was in High School. |
I cryed when they stopped showing DBZ. 
and i think i was about 12 or 13.  |
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| my sons were obsessed with pokemon when they were little.............had so many cards~ heaven forbid one went missing. tragedy!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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Lauradiego
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| Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2007 9:39 pm Post subject: Why do kids love Pokemon so much ??? |
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| Why do so many kids...especially Aspies, love Pokemon so much ?? |
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Corsarzs
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| Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 7:09 am Post subject: Re: Why do kids love Pokemon so much ??? |
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| Lauradiego wrote: | | Why do so many kids...especially Aspies, love Pokemon so much ?? |
Z's answer, "It's really fun and it's not violent and it's really cool. It enhances your decision making abilities, you have to make decisions which Pokemon to use in the
battle and how to use them (the Pokemon.)"
I also think it gives them a sence of control in a world they find very confusing. Also here is something small and aparently helpless that can grow and change into something more powerful that can be assured of victory. One mor observation, a pokemon is dedicated to its "trainer" for life, so many of these kids we love have trouble with lasting friendships.
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