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I KNOW they're the demographics, and Pok?mon is STILL not a Kodomo series, mostly because in the original series, it was geared more towards families than kids (Takeshi Shudo's words, not mine), though I'm not sure what the appropriate term for "family show" is (NOT Kid show, there's a difference between the two, as "kid show" means its target audience is exclusively children, while "family show" means a show geared to people of all ages, allowing parents to be just as engaged as the children). I guess technically starting with AG it's geared towards children, but considering they subjected the female cast, barring maybe Iris, to crass sexual fanservice (something which Masamitsu Hidaka outright admitted to, BTW), it definitely can't be called Kodomo in practice, because you aren't supposed to have something as adult as sexual fanservice in a kid's show.
If it's geared towards children, that means it cannot try to sexualize explicit 10 year olds, in fact, it's not even supposed to sexualize many characters because the explicit target audience, children, are not even old enough to hit puberty yet. In fact, it's actually illegal, even in Japan, to push that kind of thing. Just look at that mangaka who got in hot water over owning child porn recently, for example. Want an American example of Kodomo? Try Barney and Friends, Teletubbies, Arthur, any Disney Jr. shows barring maybe The Lion Guard. I guess you can also go for the Mario, Mega Man, and Zelda cartoons as well if you wish.
To me you're lumping toddler shows with all children shows. There's a big difference between cartoons that elementary schooler's watch. In fact, ask most school going kids what they think of Barney and 9/10 will tell you it's the worst thing.
Pokemon is not preschool anime. It's for older kids, but kids nonetheless, not to mention the vast differences between censorship in Japan vs the west.
Recall the banned episodes? Inflatable breasts, guns, etc. I think you're way of with the notion of sexualization especially.