Puzzled By Those Pokemon Trading Cards?
By Bette Simons
Even little children who can't yet read all the information on those Pokemon trading cards seem to know a lot about these strange new characters that have seem to have bumped off the Beanie Babies. Television gives the children, usually boys, a lot of information about them. But it's amazing that children who can't remember where they left their jackets when you pick them up from preschool can recite the names and power ratings of a whole slew of Pokemon characters. Study the cards (there are almost as many as the Hopi Gods) and you will find they are up to no good. They breath fire, smash bodies, kick and whip with tails in order to eradicate another one who will then evolve into something else, equally strange. Parents who worry that the media are presenting one more way to get children to enjoy violence over reason, may turn things in a better direction by joining in the game in a new way. It means you'll have to study a few cards or watch a program yourself. When you know what Pikachu, Pidgy, Rattata or Butterfree can do, start your own game. Say, "Guess who I am?" For example, Butterfree wiggles its wings and blows on a thing to make it go to sleep. Then have a child act out another Pokemon that you have to try and guess. Of course you won't know who it is, but you are starting a game that gets a child using his own imagination, instead of the imagination of the creator of this latest craze. While driving in a car, ask your child to make up a Pokemon character of his own. You can start the game by making up one yourself, for example, "Here's Peaceapick. She has pockets all over her and you can choose any pocket on her to get a surprise. Once children are free to leave the track the media has put them on, there's a chance of turning a fade into a creative thinking game. What value may this latest craze have for children? They memorize a great deal. When it's time for a child to learn their own address or phone number, you can say, " You have a good memory, you know 105 Pokemon names, so you will remember this too." If you can't fight 'em, join 'em. It may help your child to evolve.
By Bette Simons of First Step Nursery School
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