If your circumstances don’t allow for a “forever” family pet, your kids can still experience connections with animals that produce beneficial effects. Digital pets. Virtual or robotic pets require regular attention (feeding, petting, playing) for survival. Although they know digi-pets aren’t living things, kids still attribute feelings and thoughts to them. Research shows that the […]

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Animals have helped human beings in many capacities throughout history. Livestock has provided us with food and clothing, horses have transported us from place to place and birds have delivered messages for us. Perhaps of all the animals that have assisted humans, none are as ever-present in modern life as dogs. Our canine companions have […]

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Toca Magazine’s Kid’s-Eye View project helps grown-ups see the world through the eyes of kids. We asked some kids what businesses they’d “boss around” if they had the chance. That said, these kids were more interested in doing a job that matches their interests, and helps others, than merely being in charge. They have a […]

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