| "Can I have a puppy? Please, oh please, I'll | | | | family. How do they feel about yapping dogs, |
| take care of it and look after it and | | | | hair shedding Persian cats, squawking |
| everything"Just what do you say to your kids | | | | parrots? If one of your children is allowed |
| when they ask for a pet? It is perfectly true | | | | their very own pet hamster, will all of the |
| that growing up with a family pet can teach | | | | child's siblings demand a pet of their own |
| children responsibility and to develop their | | | | too? Does anybody in the family suffer with |
| social skills. Also cultivating good feelings | | | | an allergy that would make sharing their home |
| towards pet animals helps kids to develop a | | | | with a certain animal intolerable?Is the type |
| sense of self esteem and help them to | | | | of animal your child is asking for suitable |
| establish trusting relationships with other | | | | for your family, and your family's life |
| human beings. But before you give in to your | | | | style? A dog that needs two trips to the park |
| kid's demands for a pony, rabbit, salamander, | | | | every single day may not be suitable for a |
| kitten, boxer, python, or macaw, there is | | | | family who is away from the house all day. |
| plenty for you to consider.The first thing to | | | | And no matter how much the child promises |
| keep in mind is that no matter how much your | | | | that they will walk the dog, there will be |
| kid promises that she or he will be the one | | | | times that they will fail to do so, (and |
| to take care of the pet, some if not all of | | | | times that you may not want them to, after |
| that responsibility will fall upon you. That | | | | dark for example). Choosing pets for kids is |
| is an inevitable, inescapable fact. No matter | | | | not easy, often the type of pet that they |
| how good the child's intention is, there will | | | | plead for would not be the best match for |
| be some, and perhaps many, occasions when | | | | their age and experience with animals.You |
| other things take priority in their minds and | | | | should also consider cost. Not only the cost |
| the pet is unintentionally neglected. That | | | | of acquiring a pet, but more importantly the |
| is, the pet would be neglected if you were | | | | cost of taking care of it. All animals |
| not there to step in, because somebody has | | | | involve a financial commitment, food, vet |
| to.Secondly a child may sincerely believe | | | | bills, pet care products etc. You don't want |
| that the thing that they most want in the | | | | to acquire a pet for your kid only to find |
| world is a cute little black and white | | | | that you don't have the financial means to |
| kitten, just like their best friend of the | | | | keep it. Small pets for kids often have less |
| moment has. The child has really convinced | | | | costs involved in looking after them than |
| themselves that they want a kitten, and a | | | | larger pets do.There are many other things to |
| kitten will hold their interest for ever and | | | | consider when choosing pets for kids, but |
| ever. And so it would, until their new best | | | | hopefully this short article will have |
| friend of next week gets a pet lizard which | | | | prompted you to think about the fact that |
| is just sooo cool. So you will want to make | | | | buying an animal for a child, is not the same |
| absolutely sure that the pet that your child | | | | thing as buying a kid a cell phone or a |
| is demanding will be a long term passion, and | | | | bicycle. Pets are living breathing creatures, |
| not just a fleeting interest.It will be a | | | | they need care, they need commitment, they |
| good idea to discuss the idea with the whole | | | | need love. |