On Mon, 03 Sep 2007 16:03:17 GMT, "The Eternal Lost Lurker"
<kuraebakayarou.lurkerdrome@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>Some things have been bugging me about Dawn's mom, and watching the Labor
>Day D&P marathon today is making me think harder about them.
>
>I seriously have to call Dawn's mom's parenting into question:
>
>1. She allows her daughter to roam the countryside with two teenage boys
she
>has barely ever met once, with no supervision or chaperones, placing
>unwavering trust in these boys SHE DOES NOT KNOW to keep her daughter in
>line.
>
>2. She allows Dawn a wardrobe selection that is, for a ten-year-old girl,
>questionable at best, including (as seen in the "Dawn-is-overpacked"
scene
>from the first episode) some EXTREMELY inappropriate choices of
>sleepwear/intimates.
>
>3. When Dawn calls home in tears after losing her first Pokemon contest,
>rather than being sup****tive and comforting, Dawn's mom is strict,
abrasive,
>and reprimands Dawn for her present attitude, correcting her on how she
>SHOULD be acting after a contest loss, and more or less telling her not
to
>call home for advice and sup****t.
>
>All of the above combine to cast some rather serious doubt and concern on
>this woman's abilities as a parent.
In Pokeworld, 10 is the age of majority.
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