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36 Wednesday <strong>January</strong> <strong>29</strong> <strong>2020</strong><br />
Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz<br />
SELWYN TIMES<br />
PETS & PAWS<br />
Teach children to love and respect animals<br />
Children can learn a lot from their<br />
relationship with animals – patience,<br />
respect, and empathy. The bond a child<br />
forms with the family pet provides<br />
enormous benefits for the child’s social,<br />
emotional and cognitive development.<br />
Between the ages of seven and eleven<br />
years old, children learn and instil their<br />
ideas of fairness and morality by watching<br />
how the adults in their lives treat each<br />
other and animals.<br />
Encourage a positive bond<br />
Teach children that your pets are<br />
not four-legged humans, and that it is<br />
important for the family to find out about<br />
what your pets need to thrive and be<br />
happy. Similarly, it is important to teach<br />
children that pets are not toys and that<br />
animals do not enjoy being shut in boxes<br />
or being dressed in clothes or held tightly.<br />
Some children may be frightened of<br />
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animals. You can acknowledge this fear,<br />
while slowly encouraging a positive<br />
relationship between the animal and<br />
child. Lead activities with the animal and<br />
gradually allow the child to take the lead.<br />
Sometimes it is difficult to know<br />
what animals are thinking or feeling.<br />
Encourage children to trade places with<br />
their pet. If a child says they don’t like<br />
what’s happening, it is very likely the pet<br />
won’t like it either.<br />
Teach children to use rewards, pats, or<br />
a happy voice when your pet has behaved<br />
well. Do not allow children to yell, smack,<br />
or hurt the family pet as punishment.<br />
Children often perceive their family pets<br />
as siblings and will discipline the pet in<br />
the same ways as adults discipline them.<br />
Encourage children to notice when<br />
animals want to be left alone or are feeling<br />
fearful. The child may notice that the<br />
family pet behaves in a certain manner or<br />
retreats to a certain place when they are<br />
not comfortable.<br />
Teach children to interact with the<br />
family pet with fun activities such as<br />
hiding treats in a room for a dog to sniff<br />
out and find, or using a string cat toy to<br />
initiate play.<br />
Ask children to identify the personality,<br />
and likes and dislikes of your pet.<br />
Some pets are cuddly and some are<br />
independent. Some pets are active and<br />
some are relaxed. What are the unique<br />
characteristics of your family pets?<br />
For more information on children<br />
and animal bonding, visit www.kids.<br />
spcaeducation.org.nz<br />
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