Pokémon Comes to America: Parenting in the Late 1990s

This essay describes how Pokémon became a fad in America in the late 1990s. The student compares Pokémon to other collector hobbies (baseball cards, Beanie Babies, Star Wars toys), discusses the pressure on parents to buy more and why parents cave, and concerns from teachers about card trading at school.
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