Age 33
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Seen November 24th, 2016
Posted January 26th, 2014
100 posts
13 Years
Of course not. After highschool, at the age of 18-19 if they wanted to go out and be a pokemon trainer as a career, they could. Ten year olds, even most teenagers, would be totally incapable of adventuring across the country in the wilderness, even going to other continents. Never MIND being able to protect themself adequately and intelligently.

So, no. When they got to the age at when they COULD leave home and do whatever, and they still wanted to, then yeah, go for it.
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14.1 Years
Eh, not at 10, probably when they are a little older.

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Seen November 16th, 2010
Posted November 16th, 2010
35 posts
12.5 Years
10...no way. Unlike the Pokemon world and their petty Team Rocket, Galaxy, Aqua and Magma gangs, the real world has terrorists, narco-traffickers and criminals that will try to kill you and take your pokemon and sell them for money.

I'd go along with my child and I would bring not only my trusty strong Blastoise, Machamp, Ariados, Houndoom, Ampharos and Pidgeot with me to help my kid train. I would also bring an assault rifle and a couple of pistols with me, just in case.

You gotta have both strong pokemon and personal weapons.
Age 34
Female
Australia
Seen December 29th, 2011
Posted November 3rd, 2010
352 posts
12.9 Years
Short answer NO

Long answer NO WAY. Going off at 10, no worldly experience, battling Bikers and creepy old men hiding in caves... hm no, I don't approve.
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Seen November 16th, 2010
Posted November 16th, 2010
35 posts
12.5 Years
Also, I wouldn't want some psychic gym leader to do weird **** to my kid for losing a battle.

Remember in the anime when Sabrina shrunk Ash and his friends into their toy-town and her little sister nearly killed them? Or during the re-match when Sabrina made Brock and Misty into dolls? Now that's arguably worse than being captured by Marxist guerrillas in the Jungles while trying to catch a Tropius.

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Age 32
Male
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Seen October 4th, 2015
Posted October 30th, 2011
527 posts
14.7 Years
If this were in the Pokemon World, then yeah, sure. If it was here, though, I would never let my child go out with Pokemon I don't care if he has a Charizard okay, yeah, maybe a Charizard I don't care if he has a Pidgey with him, that's not going to save him from the ruthless terrorists that want to steal his Pokemon at any costs who have Koffing. Maybe when he was older like 12 or 13, but 10 is a little too soon.

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Seen February 13th, 2011
Posted February 5th, 2011
75 posts
13.7 Years
answer is of course not

since all the Pokemon stuff is make up there is no problem for them :)
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Age 28
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Virginia
Seen February 24th, 2014
Posted May 9th, 2013
3,905 posts
14.2 Years
I'll let my child go on an adventure once he or she finishes Pokemon School. By then, he or she should know how to prepare themselves for the wild. Before my child does leave for this adventure, I'm so going to stock his or her bag with as many potions, antidotes, repel, and paralyze heals as I can possible.

Hopefully, he or she visits me soon. I expect a call three times a day, because I know how hard and long it is to find a town. I'm so going to win the Worst Father of the Year award for this...

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Seen January 18th, 2019
Posted June 19th, 2018
776 posts
14.3 Years
Of course I would. With all of the rampaging Pokemon going around and tons of places where you could get lost and starve to death, I'd let my kid go any day. Running away from a flock of rampaging Spearow builds character and teaches kids, "Life isn't an adorable cupcake with pink frosting and adorable sprinkles and a pretty candle on top, life is the little brother waiting for you to turn around so he can smash it and smear the remains all over your face."

Then again... where's my kid gonna sleep???
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Age 37
Bristol, UK
Seen November 29th, 2010
Posted November 25th, 2010
154 posts
14.6 Years
Hell yeah, and I would go with them to begin with to make sure they were okay, and found some nice companions along the way- people and pokemon. Then we would probably go our seperate ways, but keep in touch daily via Pokénav, while I go and study Water Pokémon all around the world.


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Seen April 14th, 2012
Posted April 2nd, 2011
209 posts
12.8 Years
Yeah. I would be like the poke master, so I could protect him in dire situations (lol...). No, I'd let him be. But make him visit me every 2nd day to make sure nothing happened.
Age 31
Male
Australia
Seen November 29th, 2016
Posted August 14th, 2011
919 posts
13.6 Years
Since I didn't say last time. Thirteen is probably a better age. While the Pokemon do provide protection, they still need to be responsible enough to find a place to sleep, know what to do in a storm, etc.

I'd go along with my child and I would bring not only my trusty strong Blastoise, Machamp, Ariados, Houndoom, Ampharos and Pidgeot with me to help my kid train. I would also bring an assault rifle and a couple of pistols with me, just in case.

You gotta have both strong pokemon and personal weapons.
Any of those Pokemon would be a lot more powerful than a gun.

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Age 27
Male
Florida
Seen June 6th, 2014
Posted May 16th, 2014
1,293 posts
14.5 Years
I would actually start teaching my kid how to survive in the wild at around the age of 8-9. I'd take him/her with me, teach them about Pokemon, what to do if you're injured, etc. Then when they're 10 they'll know what to expect, only this time on their own. Of course I will always like to know where they're at so I might nag about the importance of calling me at least twice a week or something like that. I want them to be tough, but I don't want them to see me as a strict, cold-blooded trainer rather than a parent.

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Europe
Seen January 24th, 2016
Posted January 24th, 2016
777 posts
13.6 Years
Me? Not at all. I really don't understand why parents in the Poke world are okay with it, sending their children especially at such a young age out into the unknown. Other than the obvious hazards, what about school?

Sometimes I think parents in the real world are bad, but geez, seems like most parents in the Pokemon world are REALLY bad!
The way I look at it, it's obviously a totally different world from the world we live in. If anything like rape, murders, or whatever happens, they don't really speak much of it, or it's just a rare feat. And more than likely, this has been going on for generations more than likely, like Ash's mom being let go at 10, Ash's mom let him go at 10, and obviously Ash is going to let his son or daughter go at 10, and it'll keep on going without anyone really thinking anything of it. It's just a totally different world with totally different laws and rules.
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Seen November 10th, 2010
Posted November 8th, 2010
256 posts
13.8 Years
I wouldn't even let my kid own a Pokemon until he knows everything about them. Including type advantages, the general speed, attacking, and defensive capabilities of each Pokemon, etc (to protect what would, in this case, be a real life form). Even then I probably wouldn't let them leave the house. ("Not everybody gets to be league champ, son. You gotta stay in school to earn your money.")
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