They may think that they do not want real babies, but want to have the experience of bringing up children. Tamagotch is a substitute that answers such women s needs. Thus some people think of their Tamagotches as their pets. Others think of them as their children, as well. Pets are animals which can comfort people all the time.
Pets can cheer up their owners and save their sick minds from routine and stressful lives.
So do children. Children receive their mother s and father s attention and love, which the children reciprocate. If Tamagotch owners also receive reciprocal love through their Tamagotches, it can be said Tamagotch is a very useful and successful toy. Tamagotch is the very stuff that people in modern societies require although there is different motivations between Japan and the U.S. for attachments to Tamagotch. In the future, social scientists will have had enough time to research the controversial effects of the Tamagotch phenomenon on people and determine if these effects are a benefit or a threat to society.