• Facebook
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter
  • Linkedin

Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service

Your neighborhood. Your News.

newsMilwaukee NNSMilwaukee NNSSearch
Subscribe to NNS today!
Advertisement
  • Home
  • News
    • Arts and Recreation
    • Community
    • Economic Development
    • Education
    • Health and Wellness
    • Housing
    • Public Safety
    • NNS Spotlight
    • Special Report
  • Posts From Community
    • Submit a Story
  • Community Voices
  • How To
  • Multimedia
    • NNS Local Video
    • Photos
    • NNS on Lake Effect
    • NNS WGLB 1560 Radio
  • Subscribe
  • Donate
  • About
    • Staff
    • Partners
    • News 414
    • The neighborhoods we cover
Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service

Diederich College of Communication, Marquette University

You are here: Home / "How To" articles / How to incorporate Pokémon Go into positive parenting

How to incorporate Pokémon Go into positive parenting

October 26, 2016 by Anne Clarkson, UW-Extension Leave a Comment

Share this...
Share on Facebook
Facebook
Pin on Pinterest
Pinterest
Tweet about this on Twitter
Twitter
Share on LinkedIn
Linkedin
Pokémon Go can be a useful tool in positive parenting.

Pokémon Go can be a useful tool in positive parenting.

Whether you’ve seen it in action or simply been following the news, you’ve likely witnessed the rise in popularity of Pokémon Go. The app, a treasure hunt for animated characters within a player’s own real world surroundings, is getting plenty of media attention.

Pokémon Go has been downloaded more than 500 million times since making its debut in July.

The game has sparked conversations among parents and professionals about its impact on education.

With such a fact rise to fame, knowing the long-term effects of Pokémon Go on kids is impossible. However, experts can apply what they know about other technologies to better predict how to make using new media, like Pokémon Go, a safe and positive experience for parents and kids.

New media and technology change the way we interact in the world, but parents can use these new interactions as learning opportunities.

Rather than forbidding children to engage with new media like Pokémon Go, parents can use digital games and spaces to strengthen their relationships and help children develop more discriminating media skills.

Parents should treat technology like any other environment in their child’s life. They should know who their child is with, where they are and what they are doing.

Parents can set privacy settings to “friends only” on apps. Also consider having your child log onto apps with an email account used only for apps, unconnected to personal information.

Children could encounter scenarios like being asked to meet an online contact in person, receiving a mean-spirited message or deciding if they should go on private property to catch a Pokémon. Parents should have their children practice how to respond safely in those situations before giving them access to a mobile device.

Some parents play the same games as their child and text screenshots back and forth of the Pokémon ‘monsters’ they caught or achievement they unlocked. Others send funny texts or talk about their child’s online posts. New media functions best when it is used as a tool for interaction rather than a distraction or babysitter.

Parents can shape what children learn from new media and technology by intentionally choosing the games kids can play and talking about them together.

They can also let kids be the teacher – admit that you don’t fully understand how to play a game or use a new media and ask your child to guide you.

This approach can give children a sense of accomplishment and gives you both an opportunity to talk in depth.

The role of parents and other caring adults is to ensure that kids are safe, feel loved and have the skills to process and learn from the world around them, whether that world is real or virtual.

Share this...
Share on Facebook
Facebook
Pin on Pinterest
Pinterest
Tweet about this on Twitter
Twitter
Share on LinkedIn
Linkedin

Filed Under: "How To" articles

Avatar

About Anne Clarkson, UW-Extension

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Advertisement
Advertisement

How To …

How to avoid stimulus check scams

A new round of stimulus checks will likely also bring out a new round of scams. Here’s what to watch out for.

More "How To" articles

Advertisement

Recommended Reading

A Vaccine Reality Check

The Atlantic

UWM study on the state of Black Milwaukee describes the city as ‘the epitome of a 21st century racial regime’

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Videos Show How Federal Officers Escalated Violence in Portland

The New York Times

These mayors want to fight Covid-19 and the recession with one big idea: A guaranteed income

Vox

The World John Lewis Helped Create

The Atlantic

News

  • Arts and Recreation
  • Economic Development
  • Education
  • Health and Wellness
  • Housing
  • Public Safety
  • NNS Spotlight
  • Special Reports
  • Multimedia
    • NNS Videos
    • Photos
    • NNS on Lake Effect Radio

Engage with us

  • Posts from Community
  • Community Voices
  • Submit a Story

About NNS

  • Staff
  • Partners
  • News414
  • The neighborhoods we cover
  • Internship opportunities
  • Careers
  • Terms of use
  • Advertise

Connect with us

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • YouTube
  • LinkedIn
  • RSS feed

Communities

Contact

mailing address
Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
Diederich College of Communication
Marquette University
1131 W. Wisconsin Ave.
Johnston Hall 430
Milwaukee, WI 53233

email
info@milwaukeenns.org

phone & fax
PHONE: 414.604.6397 FAX: 414.288.6494

Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service is a project of Diederich College of Communication and Marquette University.
© 2020 Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service. Terms of use.
1131 W. Wisconsin Ave., Milwaukee WI 53233 • info@milwaukeenns.org

Copyright © 2021 · News Pro Theme on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in