Having a Dog Helps Tweens Learn Empathy Studies show that kids between10 and 12 talk to their parents only 11 to 33 minutes per WEEK! At a time when its critical for them to... Continue Reading →
Teach Your Kids to Love Pets 9 – Share Your Pets
Teach Your Kids to Love Pets One warm, sunny Saturday morning Sami and I headed to our favorite main street restaurant for breakfast. When we got out of the car the first... Continue Reading →
Teach Your Kids to Love Pets 10 – Relieves Stress
Teach Your Children to Love Pets – Pets Can Help Kids Through Stressful Times Children that have traumatic emotional experiences, like the loss of a loved one, or serious... Continue Reading →
Teach Your Kids to Love Pets 7 – Contributing
Teach Your Kids to Love Pets #7 – Kids Who Love Pets Love Volunteering to Help Pets Contributing is one of the values that you can teach children through their love for pets.... Continue Reading →
Teach Your Kids to Love Pets 8 – Activities for Pets
Teach Your Kids to Love Pets # 8 – Select in an Activity or Sport For Your Pet As part of the family, Pets deserve to participate in an activity just as much as the kids need... Continue Reading →
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 4 – Take Them Along
Teach Your Kids to Love Pets # 4 Include Your Children When You Exercise Your Pet People often take the dog with them when they take the kids to the park. That’s good!... 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 2 – Be An Example
Teach Your Kids to Love Pets #2 Be An Example No matter what we say to our children, it’s what we DO that they remember. For children to learn to care for a pet, they need... Continue Reading →