Keeping pets has many benefits for children's growth. However, parents often refuse their children's requests for pets because they are worried about their children's safety and lack of space and time. In fact, if the child is not only curious or only hot for a few minutes, but also mature enough, he can still keep a pet.
Compared with children without pets, children with companion animals feel less lonely, have a stronger tendency to share and are more willing to take care of young children. Moreover, keeping pets can make children feel important and greatly enhance their self-confidence and sense of responsibility.
However, raising companion animals also has negative effects, mainly increasing the burden of raising and cleaning. The survey shows that in families with companion animals, most children (40.0%) are responsible for playing and walking with companion animals, and only a few children are responsible for feeding (29.3%) and bathing (14.8%).
Companion animals have the function of playing some human roles to some extent, and are good companions for children's spiritual growth. At the same time, this study also enlightens us that for those families who are feeding or about to feed their companion animals, parents should consciously educate their children through companion animals, instead of blindly taking responsibility for their children in the process of raising companion animals, and should subtly educate their children about responsibility and independence, so that children can enjoy learning and grow up happily.
Of course, keeping a pet has many advantages, but keeping a pet should not only combine the child's preferences, but also combine the child's age. So how to choose a pet?
1, considering safety and difficulty.
Parents should be careful not to choose aggressive animals as pets, and exotic animals may be difficult to take care of. You should choose a pet that suits the lifestyle of children and parents.
2. Have necessary communication with children.
First of all, tell the children what to do with pets, and let TA know the efforts that TA has to make. Let TA talk about what kind of pet she likes.
3. Cats, dogs or other small animals? There will be less work to keep a cat, because there is no need to take it for a walk, and cats are less dependent on people than other animals.
Puppies are usually more active and need more attention and energy, but they are also more interesting. If TA likes some small pets, consider guinea pigs, hamsters, rabbits, fish or birds.