No matter where you live now, if you have lived in a Winter State at some time, February brings fond memories of beautiful winter days. You don’t remember the dirty snow or the... Continue Reading →
Archive for the ‘love pets’ Category
Teach Your Kids to Love Pets 6 – Talk About Them
Teach Your Kids to Love Pets #6 – Pets Help Children Communicate When our youngest child was 2 years old she hardly talked in more than single syllables and even those were... Continue Reading →
Teach Your Kids to Love Pets 5 – Pet Bed in Kids Room
Teach Your Kids to Love Pets # 5 Put the Pet Bed in Your Child’s Room One of my friends has 5 children (a blended family) and luckily each child can have his/her own... Continue Reading →
Teach Your Kids to Love Pets 3 – Get Them Involved
Teach Your Kids to Love Pets # 3 – Get the Kids Involved in Training Your Pets Training your pet means teaching him the skills he needs to be a valued member of our family.... Continue Reading →
Teach Your Kids to Love Pets 1 – Show Them How
Teach Your Kids to love Pets - Show them How to Care for Pets All kids seem to have a natural desire to love pets. As Charles Schulz said, who can resist “a warm... Continue Reading →
Benefits of Pets for Kids – CONFIDENCE
Pets Give Kids Confidence Researcher, Robert E. Bierer, Ph.D., studied the interaction of 126 children age 10-12. Ninety-three of them were children with dogs. Bierer said he... Continue Reading →
Benefits of Pets for Kids – Petting Calms Everyone
When my kids were growing up, our backyard was the neighborhood play yard. We had a great climbing tree, garden spots, lots of hiding places and a special “structure.” The... Continue Reading →
Why Parents Have to Care for Pets
Not too long ago a bunch of us were waiting for a meeting to start and were telling each other about our pets. Steve told us he was thinking of getting his kids a dog but he... Continue Reading →
Connections with Pets Are Some of Strongest In Kids Lives
Some of the strongest and longest connections in a child's life are their relationships with pets! For instance, when families move, their pets move with them but their friends... Continue Reading →
Pets Help Children Communicate
Even the smallest children will want to communicate more when they have a pet to talk about. They want to talk to us about their pet and tell us what s/he did, where he sleeps,... Continue Reading →