With urbanization and economic development, pets play an increasingly important role in modern life. More and more young people are willing to spend money on pets, buying pet food, toys, health care products, etc., and even treating pets, surgery and other high-cost behavior. Mainly for the following psychological, social and cultural reasons.
1. Psychological
(1) Loneliness and loneliness: The fast pace of modern urban life and the alienation of interpersonal relationships have led to a sense of loneliness and isolation for many people in the mind, and the companionship of pets can alleviate such feelings. Studies have shown that owning a pet can promote feelings of love, reduce stress and loneliness in humans.
(2) Emotional needs: modern young people pay more and more attention to emotional communication and care, and pets, as cute and affectionate living beings, can fill people's needs for affection.
(3) Social needs: Having a pet can also familiarize you with other pet owners and expand your social circle.
2. Social aspects
(1) the change of the concept of marriage: pet food, medical care, health care and other aspects of consumption is not only in the traditional sense of "love and care for pets", but also reflects the modern young people and couples with each other to accompany and care for each other, caring for each other. The company's goal is to provide the best possible service to young people.
(2) Personalization needs: modern young people are increasingly focusing on personalization, and owning a pet can help them express their own personality, which is the reason why owning a pet has become a fashionable life.
3. Cultural aspects
(1) Transformation of the cultural atmosphere: the rise of pet culture has a great influence on modern young people, making pet ownership has become a lifestyle and cultural symbol.
(2) The change of social values: modern social values are gradually cautious and shifted to value life, love of nature and other diversified ecological concepts, this change of values has also created the conditions for the rise of pet culture.
So, the impact of modern young people's consumption for pets
1. Positive impact
(1) Reducing stress and relieving loneliness: Keeping pets can be good for physical and mental health, especially for young people who often feel lonely and anxious, it is a very effective way to relieve them.
(2) Promote socialization and enhance emotions: Keeping a pet can help a person build friendships with others, play a role in contributing to the family, and enhance the emotional connection between a person and others.
(3) Promoting environmental protection culture: pet sports hobby or environmentalism activities can promote people's attention to environmental protection;
2. Negative impacts
(1) Economic burden: as far as the current economic situation is concerned, various costs of pets such as feeding, medical care, toys, and insurance will increase the family's expenses, leading to a heavier financial burden for young people.
(2) Psychological dependence: Since pets can fulfill people's emotional needs, over-dependence will lead people to live in the imaginary world of pets and lose contact with the real world.
(3) Environmental problems: the process of pet ownership will also exist in the pet feces and other environmental problems, improper handling will affect the community's health environment, affecting the community environmental health of the community.
Modern young people are willing to spend money for pets both psychologically, socially, culturally and other factors, such as reducing stress, enhancing social and emotional ties and other positive impacts; on the other hand, the various costs of pets will increase family expenses, psychological dependence on the psychological and other negative impacts, so when young people choose to keep pets, they should weigh the advantages and disadvantages of the two, sensible choices and try to avoid the potential negative factors in pet ownership. The first thing you need to do is to get rid of all the negative aspects of pet ownership.