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