I don't have children. I do like pets and obsessive repetitive activities though! Bought one of these for myself and it was worth it. Who wants all the muss and fuss of raising real life pets that simply eat, poop, sleep and sometimes piddle on the landlords furniture when you can get one of these and have none of that? It's hardly a decent substitute for a real pet and the assorted learned responsibility that goes hand in hand with a real life, flesh and blood pet though. There's nothing quite like a hamster biting a chunk out of your finger when you wake it up. The tamagotchi i got had an autumnal theme on it's case, it was already ...  Read the complete review