{"id":196,"date":"2012-05-22T13:14:26","date_gmt":"2012-05-22T13:14:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/lifeasaconsciousmom\/?p=196"},"modified":"2012-05-22T13:32:34","modified_gmt":"2012-05-22T13:32:34","slug":"what-pokemon-are-you-or-how-to-learn-more-about-your-child","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lifeasaconsciousmom\/2012\/05\/22\/what-pokemon-are-you-or-how-to-learn-more-about-your-child\/","title":{"rendered":"What Pok\u00e9mon Are You? Or, How To Learn More About Your Child."},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Our son Caidin, who is eight, loves all things Pok\u00e9mon. He has the cards, he has the DS Game, he watches it on television and when his best friend Sam comes over they make up Pok\u00e9mon games to play on the trampoline.<\/p>\n

At first I was resistant to the whole Pok\u00e9mon thing. But soon I realized that the cards are a fascinating in road to math and the game requires quite a deal of strategy and forethought to beat your opponents. So as long as things stay in moderation, I\u2019m good with the Pok\u00e9mon phase.<\/p>\n

The other day, Caidin wanted to look up on line what Pok\u00e9mon \u2018Red\u2019 has. \u00a0I don\u2019t really know who or what \u2018Red\u2019 is, but I told Caidin I\u2019d sit with him while he looked up his question.<\/p>\n

We got the laptop, sat down, and Caidin started typing. W. H. A.T.P.O \u2026I thought it was going to take all day. He got as far as \u2018What Pok\u00e9mon,\u2019 when the Google search bar displayed \u2018What Pok\u00e9mon Are You?\u2019 He\u2019d found a quiz, an event almost as exciting as the game itself. So we popped over to the page and he started taking the quiz. There were 10 questions and each question had 10 answers from which he could pick.<\/p>\n

The first question was \u2018A bully is about to beat up an innocent stranger on the street, what do you do?\u2019 The possible answers ranged from running to get help, helping the person after the fight, walking away, laughing, pretending like you didn\u2019t see anything and stepping in and taking the persons place. Caidin chose, \u2018stepping in and taking the persons place.\u2019<\/p>\n

Another question was \u2018A man just stole a chocolate bar from you, what do you do?\u2019 The possible answers ranged from reasoning, to asking for it back nicely, to brute force, to telling. Caidin chose \u2018I\u2019ll try and reason with him.\u2019<\/p>\n

Caidin\u2019s response to the next question was most telling. The question was \u2018You are about to perform in front of a crowd, how do you feel?\u2019\u00a0 I was really curious to see what he would answer to this. He performs quite a bit. He plays the guitar and his school does a lot of dance and drama presentations. I scanned the answers and I thought for sure it would be \u2018Hopefully they will like me.\u2019 Other possibilities ranged from apprehension, fear, anxiety, crying, neutrality and even anger. Caidin chose \u2018I have endless confidence in myself.\u2019 (Yay! self-validation!)<\/p>\n

The other seven questions were equally insightful, showing me that Caidin is a caring friend, a loyal friend, not afraid to speak his mind and incredibly self-aware.<\/p>\n

All things I probably knew in one way or another just from watching him interact with others and by helping him with the challenges he encounters, but what was really rewarding in this moment was the opportunity to simply sit back and watch him define himself.<\/p>\n

I stayed quiet through the whole thing. I think I actually started holding my breath as I realized what was happening. I didn\u2019t want to influence his choices in any way. I didn\u2019t react to a single choice he made, but I was certainly taking mental notes.<\/p>\n

We never know where we will gain insight into who our children are, how they see the world and how they think about themselves and others. In all honesty, I never expected the question \u2018What Pok\u00e9mon Are You?\u2019 to provide such a wonderful wealth of insight and information about my son, yet it did and I am the better for it.<\/p>\n

Moments like these are not only priceless they are almost magical. Had I not taken the time to sit with him, I would have missed this amazing opportunity to learn more about Caidin through his own eyes.<\/p>\n

I also never thought I would be saying this but, \u2018Thanks Pok\u00e9mon!\u2019<\/p>\n

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\u00a9 2012 Christine Agro<\/p>\n

Christine Agro is a clairvoyant, naturopath, Master Herbalist, conscious mom and author of\u00a050 Ways to Live Life Consciously<\/a>\u00a0as well as of\u00a0The Conscious Living Wisdom Cards (Special Moms\u2019 Edition)<\/a>. Christine is founder of\u00a0The Conscious Mom\u2019s Guide<\/em><\/a>, a membership site where she helps support you on your own journey of living life consciously and on your journey of being a Conscious parent. You can also join Christine on\u00a0Facebook<\/em><\/a>. To contact Christine or to schedule an appointment with her please\u00a0email<\/a>\u00a0her.<\/p>\n

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