profits into the millions seemingly at the expense of our children. But parents should not throw the baby out with the bath water. Parents must be quick to see the positive social and educational benefits Pokemon provides to their children. In the meantime, parents can remind themselves that every craze runs its course. Where another generation of kids had Howdy Doody or Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, this one has Pokemon. Let the kids enjoy it while it lasts. Works CitedConcerned Women for America. “Hooked on Pokemon: Is Pokemania Harmless Entertainment or an Addiction?” 1999 http://www.cwfa.org/library/family/1999-12- 21_ent-pokemon.shtml. (I couldn’t get the address to indent, I tried and gave up.)Landover Baptist Church. “Pokemon? Poke Yourself, Satan!” 1999. 14 June 99 http://www.landoverbaptist.org/news1099/pokemon.htmlMaurstad, Tom. “Today’s Pokemon Craze Goes Where No Smurf Has Ventured Before.” Tribune News 9 Nov 99: K33723.“Pokemon, Sorry Mom and Dad, it’s Strictly a Kid Thing; You Wouldn’t Understand.” People Weekly. 31 December 99: 52.Pokemon Trading Card League. Advertisement. Sports Illustrated for Kids. June 2000: 1...
