Focus on the Family says:
"Pokémon, the Japanese phenomenon that began as a video game, has since spawned a TV series, several movies, numerous toys and collectibles, comic books, and a trading card game that has become wildly popular in the U.S.
While some of the claims of demonic influences in Pokémon seem overblown, our staff does have concerns about the potential impact of this form of entertainment on its intended audience of impressionable 8- to 11-year old children.
Collecting is the name of the game in Pokémon. This can involve the investment of exorbitant amounts of time and money, especially for young people. In their desire to continually increase the value of their collection, we feel kids could develop something of an addiction to this fad.
So while we're not convinced that Pokémon is inherently evil, we do believe there may be better uses for a child's time and money. We urge concerned parents to evaluate the game for themselves before allowing their children to buy the merchandise."
"Pokémon, the Japanese phenomenon that began as a video game, has since spawned a TV series, several movies, numerous toys and collectibles, comic books, and a trading card game that has become wildly popular in the U.S.
While some of the claims of demonic influences in Pokémon seem overblown, our staff does have concerns about the potential impact of this form of entertainment on its intended audience of impressionable 8- to 11-year old children.
Collecting is the name of the game in Pokémon. This can involve the investment of exorbitant amounts of time and money, especially for young people. In their desire to continually increase the value of their collection, we feel kids could develop something of an addiction to this fad.
So while we're not convinced that Pokémon is inherently evil, we do believe there may be better uses for a child's time and money. We urge concerned parents to evaluate the game for themselves before allowing their children to buy the merchandise."
Ed[ucation]by design says:
"Lots of kids have a problem motivating themselves to learn and this is where something like Pokemon can actually help. You can use the phenomenon of Pokemon to teach your child everything from spelling to number skills.
Increase their spelling vocabulary by 432 words if they learn to spell all the techniques, elements and types of Pokemon. These are general words which can be used in other contexts later.
Learn the alphabet by sorting the Pokemon names into alphabetical order.
Develop their problem solving skills by playing word games using words derived from the Pokemon World.
Increase their spelling vocabulary by 432 words if they learn to spell all the techniques, elements and types of Pokemon. These are general words which can be used in other contexts later.
Learn the alphabet by sorting the Pokemon names into alphabetical order.
Develop their problem solving skills by playing word games using words derived from the Pokemon World.
Develop analytical and maths skills by looking at the data and comparing the Pokemon:
Multiplication and division by making up problems to solve using the height and weight of the Pokemon. Subtraction by finding the difference between the height and weight of the Pokemon. eg What's the difference between the tallest Pokemon and the shortest Pokemon?
Addition by posing problems that require children to add up the height and weight of Pokemon.
Multiplication and division by making up problems to solve using the height and weight of the Pokemon. Subtraction by finding the difference between the height and weight of the Pokemon. eg What's the difference between the tallest Pokemon and the shortest Pokemon?
Addition by posing problems that require children to add up the height and weight of Pokemon.
These and lots of other questions like these require children to look at the data not just for interest but for learning too. It is then that they are interested in solving the problems and gaining the skills because they enjoy the content."
Mom says:
The kids have grown in their artistic skills as well. Until just recently, I did not let them purchase trading cards so they just drew their own! And they have fun playing together.
Dom learned the difference between million, billion & trillion (though it looks like he left off a zero in his big winner, trillion card). Brianna likes to draw "cute Pokémon"
Everyone in the family got to draw one:
Dom learned the difference between million, billion & trillion (though it looks like he left off a zero in his big winner, trillion card). Brianna likes to draw "cute Pokémon"Everyone in the family got to draw one:
2 comments:
So...did you guys decide Pokemon is okay after all?
My 11-year old is reasearching for a speech on whether or not Christians should play Pokemon. I have allowed him to play, with reservation. (We don't watch the show, though, so I don't know much about it!)
If you know where to look for the positives v. negatives of Pokemon, let us know :)
Deborah
http://www.cephasministry.com/pokemon_5.html
http://www.cephasministry.com/save_our_children_pokemon_booklet.html
http://www.crossroad.to/text/articles/pokemon5-99.html
These articles are very anti-pokemon and will give you a full Christian-negative view of pokemon. I agree with them. If we live in a spiritual world, getting deeply involved with pokemon is not good for kids. As I said in my post, though, my 7 year old had a good foundation in the Lord, knew all about the spiritual world, good and evil, I never held anything back with my kids, so I let him explore and learn new things on his own. He never got into pokemon the way his friends did: chanting their names or carrying them in his pocket everywhere and having to do battles until he was master...and just last month he told me he wanted to sell all his cards because he knew we didn't like pokemon and Papa thought it was evil so he didn't want anything to do with it anymore. :) hope this helps!
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