Article From SubmitYOURArticle.com: Dogs Can Help Children Develop

There are many ways that dogs can help children
with their overall emotional development as they
grow up. There are many vital things which are
learnt by a child having a pet, particularly one
as loving and loyal as a dog and in learning
these things their development is aided along
with the fact that they have made an emotional
bond and understood what it means to be
responsible for a being other than yourself.

With a dog there is also the fact that it helps
all of the family to embrace an active outdoors
lifestyle which has been proven to be better for
your physical and mental health. It encourages
regular walks in all kinds of weather which makes
them more formidable and less likely to be put
off by minor inconveniences like rain or wind.

It can also teach them about other aspects of
nature and the outdoors and introduce them to
activities such as tracking and hunting. It's
also a good way to introduce them to running,
throwing and catching. This will help them to
appreciate what is needed to maintain a healthy
heart and is generally seen to be a way in which
to foster a greater appreciation of the simpler
things in life.

Routines are established early on when they are
introduced to the household and these will
involve feeding, walking and bed times.
Establishing a structure of this nature and
having a young mind exposed to it is beneficial
and will give them a positive example of how
routines benefit others and how we can establish
them in our own lives to underpin the importance
of discipline.

The emotional bond that exists between a person
and an animal should not be underestimated and
the memories we have ourselves about family pets
often live in our memory for many years. It is a
part of the growing experience, even if it does
mean that some feeling of loss will eventually
have to happen when the dog ages and then passes
on.

This is applicable to young people and their
experiences and it is of great importance that
they get to go through this and understand that
emotional bonds are vital for us to have lives
which are enriched with meaning. This can only
happen if we allow ourselves to experience
feelings which may often prove difficult for us
to come to terms with.

This will also assist in helping them to
understand how better to handle matters such as
grief and difficulties dealing with sadness and
issues of this kind and will be useful when they
have to deal with matters that will affect older
relatives.

There has also been research carried out that
suggests dogs can be useful in helping children
educationally as well. Children who have problems
reading aloud can improve this by using dogs as
subjects for their readings. This may help them
overcome shyness that they feel and better
prepare them for reading based activities they
will have to do throughout their academic lives.

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