Raising a child who should be human has never been an easy job, especially teaching them how to love everyone around and live responsibly. However, do you know, is there a very simple way for your baby to learn all these things on their own?
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Teaching children through ... pets (QC)
Not dry lessons about love or responsibility, but the simplest way to develop compassion and a responsible lifestyle from a young age is to raise a "little friend".
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Not the arid lessons of love or responsibility, according to many child psychologists, the simplest way to develop compassion and a responsible lifestyle from a young age is to raise a baby. "little friends".
Be it a loyal dog friend, a dandy cat or just a cowardly rabbit friend ..., as long as the baby likes it and the mother can also accept the "existence" of the newcomer in the house, the mother can encourage her. feed and take care of them. It is time to care and play with pets will help the baby form and develop his character. Let's find out the benefits that a "friend" can bring to your children!
Children can learn a lot if they have more "friends".
1 / Responsibility
First, the mother should let the baby know that the pet will be a friend, a new member of the family and the baby should help her take care of this new member. Depending on the baby's age, mothers can "ask" their children to take on one of the jobs such as feeding fish, stealing rice for dogs and cats, taking dogs for a walk ... Not only helping babies develop a sense of responsibility , here also a way to help children become more proficient in chores in the house.
2 / Understand more about the law of cause and effect
When you have a pet, your baby can easily and quickly see the consequences of his actions, and from there a sense of interest in his actions. For example, not feeding the fish is the cause of death of the fish, or the consequence of not taking the dog out is having to clean up their "product" in the house ...
3 / Teach your children to love and take care
Pets are not just playing, but also caring and taking care of them every day. Many children even see their pets as a soulmate to share happy and sad stories during the day. This is a great opportunity to help your baby live more responsibly and think for others . In addition, regularly playing with pets also helps children be happy, love life and enhance their optimism.
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4 / Mount the way family members
The appearance of the "new friend" will be the focus, attracting the attention and interest of all family members and creating opportunities for everyone to have more activities together. Baby is still the main caregiver, but other members also need support. Or there are things the whole family can do together such as walking the dog in the park, bathing the dog, changing the water for the aquarium ...
5 / Reduce the risk of allergies
Many mothers do not dare to feed their children with pets because they are afraid they are allergic to cats and dogs. However, according to a study conducted by Georgia Medical College (USA) on 474 children, babies who have been exposed to pets at an early age are often less at risk of allergies than babies. never played with a pet. There are even a few other studies that show that keeping pets can reduce the risk of asthma in children. To explain this situation, experts believe that moderate contact with some bacteria from pets while playing and taking care of them will help your baby strengthen the immune system and fight some allergies. application.
6 types of pets for families with young children Pets are great friends for all members of your family. Especially, if you have young children, the pets in the house will help your baby learn the first concepts of care, care and understanding about friendship and loyalty.
6 / Develop motor skills
Like a childhood companion, through the process of caring and playing, the baby will have the opportunity to exercise and get used to the surrounding environment. Especially, for families who have dogs, each time taking the dog for a walk will be an appropriate "opportunity" for the baby to develop the ability to control limbs, helping the child's motor skills to be more developed.
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