I was playing Comm Day on my own yesterday in a major metropolitan urban area. Just kinda focused on grinding, headphones in etc.
An adorable little kid, probably about 8-10yo runs up to me and says Hey! Are you playing Pokemon Go!? I say yes and he says wow did you get many shinies!?
I say yes, did you get any good ones?! But then notice he's not even holding a phone. I look over to the nearby bench and see his mom staring and swiping intently at 2 phones on her lap.
This kid is still engaging me in conversation about Cyndaquil, etc. and I notice the mom isn't even looking up or noticing her kid is talking to a stranger. We're in a public area, with tons of people (there was a festival going on as well—hundreds of people milling around this area).
I kinda gesture to her and say oh your mom is playing your account? He shrugs and keeps asking me about my haul for today. His mom couldn't even be bothered to engage him in conversation about his excitement over pokemon, let alone the stranger talking to her son.
After I felt uncomfortable with being an adult male stranger talking to a random kid, I walked off to get food but could still see the kid and his mom at the bench. It was like that for at least 30+ mins. Later I saw the mom walking off with the two phones as the kid trailed behind. Again, in a giant crowd of hundreds of people from all around the world (international sports festival).
My heart was broken. She looked like she was basically just pulling the handle on a slot machine while her kid was jumping around full of life and energy.
I'm not a parent. But I do know what a hardcore pogo player looks like. Two phones, two chargers, staring at your phone and fast catching on both, etc. if you're staring down at your lap constantly swiping at two phones and ignoring your child the entire time, then I'm going to assume the kid didn't "ask her to catch a shiny for them".
I've seen plenty of families play together on CDs and I love it because it's adorable. Each person is holding their own phone, the parents are having fun engaging with their kids when they get a good catch, win a raid, etc. This was not that.
I am begging you: Pokemon GO parents, it is NOT worth the shundo or rank 1 GL mon to ignore your child. Stop putting your child through this in order to feed your Pogo addiction.
/rant
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