| ■ Having a Pet Can Help Children | 07.07.09 |
| (HealthDay News) -- Pets can help build your child's self esteem and self-confidence, according to the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. They can also enrich your child's emotional development by: · Offering your child important exposure to issues like reproduction, birth, illness, accidents, death and grief. · Teaching your child responsibility. · Providing a connection to nature and teaching respect, empathy and patience for other living things. · Offering unconditional love, loyalty, affection and comfort. |