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Topic: The Best "Start Up" Pets for Young Children
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Alma Sun
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From: The East Coast
Registered: Mar 2011
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posted June 14, 2012 08:36 PM
  
By - Anne Lyken GarnerPets play an important role in teaching kids responsibility and many of life’s other vital skills. Having to take care of another creature and many times putting its needs above your own is one of the best ways to teach a child how to give selflessly. There is no ‘across the board’ best pet for children. Each child is different, so the pet he/she is given has to fit in with the level of responsibility that particular child is able to cope with. When it comes to making the decision of getting a pet for your child, it’s better to start small and with the easiest option possible. The last thing you want to do as a parent is to overwhelm your child with too much responsibility too soon (unless of course you are prepared to do all the work yourself). The pets below are set in order of how difficult they are to care for, with the easiest at the very top. 1. Fish 2. Hamsters 3. Hermit Crabs 4. Guinea Pigs 5. Rats 6. Budgies 7. Cats 8. Dogs Click to read more on why. ------------------
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SpooL
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From: Toronto/Ottawa,Canada
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted June 18, 2012 10:18 PM
Fish are really easy to care for and if you do it right and pick the right species they can live for some time.My Cichlid is pushing 8+yrs now, maybe 10 I think he spent 1-2yrs at the pet store. I thought cats are harder to care for than dogs?. --------------------------------
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Randall
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posted June 19, 2012 01:45 PM
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Randall
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posted June 20, 2012 03:52 PM
Hermit crabs are great starter pets. But the name is misleading, because they should always have a mate.  ------------------
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Alma Sun
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From: The East Coast
Registered: Mar 2011
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posted June 20, 2012 07:27 PM
SpooL, cats are more independent than dogs! And you don't need to train them. Though, I did have a cat for a year when I was 18... but he acted more like a dog.
Randall, yeah I agree, get 'em in pairs.
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