Is raising pets good for the healthy growth of children?
Raising pets is good for the growth of children. ?

Pet-raising has always been a very interesting thing, especially for ourselves. Pet-raising can improve some of our characteristics and make us more loving. , edifying our sentiments, and now some studies have found that raising pets can make children grow up healthily?



Keeping pets has many benefits for children’s growth, but parents often worry about their children’s safety and inappropriate behaviors. Space, time and other issues hinder children's request to keep pets. In fact, if the child is not just out of curiosity or only has a few minutes of enthusiasm, and the child is mature enough, it is still possible to keep a pet.



Children who have companion animals feel less isolated and have a stronger tendency to divide compared to children who do not have pets , and is also committed to handling naive children. Moreover, keeping pets can make children feel their own importance and greatly enhance their self-confidence and sense of responsibility.

However, raising companion animals also has negative consequences, mainly reducing the burden of feeding and sanitation and cleaning. The survey shows that in families with companion animals, most children (40.0%) are responsible for the management of companion animals, including playing and walking with companion animals, raising companion animals (29.3%) and being companions. Only a small proportion of children take animal baths (14.8%). 



Companion animals have the function of filling certain human roles to a certain extent and are good partners for children's spiritual growth. At the same time, the original research also revealed to us that for those families who are raising or will raise companion animals, parents should consciously use companion animals as a media to educate children, and should not blindly replace them in the process of raising companion animals. Children take responsibility, and the cultivation of a sense of responsibility and independence is subtly integrated into it, so that children can learn while having fun and grow happily.



Raising petsAlthough pets have many uses, keeping pets should not only combine the children's hobbies, but also the children's age. So how to adopt pets? 



1. Consider safety and difficulty

Parents should be cautious and avoid adopting invasive animals as pets. Rare species may also be difficult to handle. You should choose a pet that is suitable for both children and parents' lifestyle. 



2. Exchange with children when necessary

First of all, introduce to your children what it takes to raise a pet, so that they can understand the efforts they have to make. Let TA talk about Aijia’s typical pets. 



3. Cats, dogs, or other small animals? The work of raising a cat will be less because you don’t need to wear it for walks, and cats are less dependent on people than other animals. 

Puppies are often more active and require more attention and energy, but they are also more fun. If  TA likes some small pets, you may want to consider guinea pigs, hamsters, rabbits, fish or birds.



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