South Korea is the only government so far to impose a national ban on Tamagotchi in schools. May. In Hong Kong and Thailand, each school can determine its own policy. Many have outlawed the toy. A dean in Thailand has said that excessive attention to Tamagotchi could make students demented. But some experts warn that adults should not neglect the potential educational value of the toy.
Adults have to teach kids how to love.
She suggests that a Tamagotchi can even help improve a parent-child relationship if they care for the pet together. But that, she admits, is rare. At a Caritas community center in Hong Kong, social workers try to teach youngsters how to spend their time and money in other, more useful, ways. Shanthini Odayappan wrote to The Straits Times last month to say that kids could adopt a dog or cat from the pound for only two to three times what they would pay for a cyberpet. Bandai apparently agrees there is more to life than a Tamagotchi.