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Momwasix
Momwasix Posts: 623 Member
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Question is it wrong to allow your 15 year
old to watch cartoons and play with
Pokemon cards? honest answers no
ignorance
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  • digitalbill
    digitalbill Posts: 1,410 Member
    Question is it wrong to allow your 15 year
    old to watch cartoons and play with
    Pokemon cards? honest answers no
    ignorance
    Are you kidding?
    My 30... something... wife still watches cartoons.
    But, he will eventually grow out of it once he discovers:

    A: Girls
    B: Cars.

    Some just take a little longer to launch.
  • pastryari
    pastryari Posts: 8,646 Member
    Why would it be wrong?
  • freckles_cmj
    freckles_cmj Posts: 205 Member
    Only if they are neglecting things that they have to do like school work...showers...

    Otherwise who cares if they like cartoons and Pokemon cards...there are plenty of things they could be getting into that you would WISH they were watching cartoons again...
  • AlongCame_Molly
    AlongCame_Molly Posts: 2,835 Member
    Why would you not allow your child to do what makes them happy?

    How many calories does that goosestepping burn?
  • dantrick
    dantrick Posts: 369 Member
    There could be a lot worse things he is doing at that age. Cartoons and Pokemon cards are really tame. I would relax and enjoy it while it still lasts. one day you may be wishing he was still doing both.
  • rompers16
    rompers16 Posts: 5,404 Member
    There's nothing wrong with letting your kids be who they are as long as it isn't taking over their lives. I have a 14 yr old daughter that is into the same things. I encourage her to broaden her horizons so that she can find common ground with her peers.
  • 3foldchord
    3foldchord Posts: 2,918 Member
    No
  • Contrarian
    Contrarian Posts: 8,138 Member
    I think it's nice when kids play with kid things.
  • MissyBenj
    MissyBenj Posts: 186 Member
    Thats a tough one for me, because at 15 I was out of the house and had my own job so 15 seems 'old'... In my heart, I say, let them be little. I'd encouage more age appropriate 'things' but I wouldn't discourage the passion to be a kid still. They have many, many years to be adults :)
  • jae6704
    jae6704 Posts: 458 Member
    Question is it wrong to allow your 15 year
    old to watch cartoons and play with
    Pokemon cards? honest answers no
    ignorance

    At 15 it could be a lot worse! Tons of kids at that age still play with those cards, and now the Magic cards too. There are some "groups here in Vermont where kids get together and play with them and some are even older.
  • Fitnin6280
    Fitnin6280 Posts: 618 Member
    I still like to watch cartoons and I am almost 33 years old! There is definitely nothing wrong with it!
  • inside_lap
    inside_lap Posts: 728 Member
    Niope
  • diodelcibo
    diodelcibo Posts: 2,564 Member
    I still have some...
  • rascallycat
    rascallycat Posts: 248 Member
    Um... my 19 year old still does both... and he still likes cars and girls and goes to school. Seems pretty normal to me.
  • juliecat1
    juliecat1 Posts: 3,450 Member
    I think it's nice when kids play with kid things.

    Exactly!

    Let him be a kid. As long as he's getting school work done and has a decent peer social life. There are far worse things than Pokemon
  • SideSteel
    SideSteel Posts: 11,068 Member
    No.
  • nz_deevaa
    nz_deevaa Posts: 12,209 Member
    Nope.
  • Jaulen
    Jaulen Posts: 468 Member
    I'm 40 and still like to watch cartoons....
  • SyntonicGarden
    SyntonicGarden Posts: 944 Member
    Nope. We don't have kids and Cartoon Network is one of the top 5 channels in this house. I'd MUCH rather watch "Adventure Time" than "Honey Boo Boo" or rednecks makin' moonshine / trappin' gators / makin' duck calls. And I can't stand "Real <blah blah blah> Housewives" shows. So, yeah. Finn and Jake all the way. Unless "Modern Marvels" or "Man Vs. Food" are on.

    The way I see it, 1) it'll keep him out of trouble 2) it actually teaches him to think strategically, 3) it's less violent than some of the MMO games he could be playing, and 4) it makes him happy.
  • Cliffslosinit
    Cliffslosinit Posts: 5,044 Member
    It is okay.....yes I am a Major Marvel Fan!!!!!
  • diadojikohei
    diadojikohei Posts: 732 Member
    Oh my goodness!! I run a game shop! People playing pokemon, Magic the Gathering, RPG's pays the bills! I'm 47 and I still watch cartoons with my 11 year old!
  • EatClean_WashUrNuts
    EatClean_WashUrNuts Posts: 1,590 Member
    Seriously?
  • ShreddedTweet
    ShreddedTweet Posts: 1,326 Member
    15 seems old for Pokemon cards.... but then it's all relative. He could be out drinking, smoking, taking shrooms, touching up everything that moves, stealing your car. I think you should be okay with it.
  • Pixi_Rex
    Pixi_Rex Posts: 1,676 Member
    I am 30 and am currently watching The Pound Puppies and my 8 year old niece is no where around... soo.... no its not wrong. Also I know people in their 20's that play Pokemon..
  • brownshuga30
    brownshuga30 Posts: 106 Member
    I watch Spongebob and Doc McStuffins at my grown age so he is fine lol!!!!
  • BamaBreezeNSaltAire
    BamaBreezeNSaltAire Posts: 966 Member
    Only if they are neglecting things that they have to do like school work...showers...

    Otherwise who cares if they like cartoons and Pokemon cards...there are plenty of things they could be getting into that you would WISH they were watching cartoons again...

    Ditto!!
  • Lift_This_
    Lift_This_ Posts: 2,756 Member
    Only if they are neglecting things that they have to do like school work...showers...

    Otherwise who cares if they like cartoons and Pokemon cards...there are plenty of things they could be getting into that you would WISH they were watching cartoons again...

    yea, we don't want stupid stinky kids running around...

    im in my 30's and still will sit and watch a few saturday morning cartoons...

    nothing wrong with staying young at heart.
  • PatrickSwayzesGhost
    PatrickSwayzesGhost Posts: 300 Member
    The real question for all of us to consider
    is whether cartoons and playing with
    Pokemon cards is of the devil. It is. Just like
    Dungeons and Dragons.
  • MacInCali
    MacInCali Posts: 1,012 Member
    As opposed to ... what?

    My son was into YuGiOh when he was 10 and started going to tournaments on Friday evenings. He was one of the YOUNGEST "kids" there and I put "kids" in quotes because the age range of players was anywhere from 9, to teenagers, to guys in their 20's, to fathers in their 40's playing with their sons.

    My son is now 11 and has switched his interests to football, but I'd still be taking him to tournaments if he wanted to go until he could drive himself there!

    Let your son do what he enjoys so long as it doesn't interfere with school, etc. =)
  • andyisandy
    andyisandy Posts: 433 Member
    Why would it be wrong?
    agreed i still watch cartoons and still play the pokemon games at 26 lol

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