And if the pet is not yet home - is it worth starting it, at what age can the child react to his request to start a pet, and how will this event affect the family way of life? Suddenly, the child will harm the pet? Or vice versa?
On the other hand, everyone knows how many fresh emotions pets can make to our everyday life; and their importance in the development of children is difficult to overestimate.
It is nature that becomes the most important means of development and upbringing. World pedagogy considers the main goal of education is the comprehensive development of the personality of the growing up person, including intellectual, aesthetic, moral, and also labor and physical. So, about everything in order.
Without a doubt, animals are the source of the child's first knowledge of nature. A child, seeing an animal, reaches out to him, learns the names and differences between different animals, gets to know their behavior.
In addition, animals are an excellent means of developing sensory. Here, with nature, no one, even the most perfect, teaching toy can match! In dealing with animals, the child learns to perceive the object through the senses: to feel the shape, size and color, as well as the smell, location in space, the type of movements, the softness of the coat and its texture, and many other "parameters."
Animals give the ground for the development of logical thinking in children. On the basis of the ideas received from life about animals, the child learns to see a variety of connections and dependencies: for example, a cat mewing near a bowl means that she is hungry, hiding and pressing her ears - hunting ...
Animals stimulate many different types of activities: observation and play, work, creativity, competitive process. As a result, the child develops a healthy curiosity, he learns to be observant, his imagination develops.
During communication with animals, the child develops a sense of beauty: children learn to see the natural beauty of pets. And this beauty, in turn, stimulates children's creativity. The child seeks to reflect his experiences with the animal in poems, stories, and mainly in the visual arts.
Nearby is another sphere of influence, namely, the moral upbringing of the child with the participation of animals. Pets become the source of both the first experiences, and the first joy. In communicating with the animal, the child experiences first and foremost positive emotions, and yet in modern society, they often do not have enough.
At the same time, the child, when communicating with the animal, naturally learns to show a caring and caring attitude to the entire animal world. So the child is taught the concepts of ecological culture, which is an integral part of spiritual culture.
The child gets acquainted with the simplest labor operations. Under the guidance of adults, he acquires the first skills in caring for animals. At the same time, the child receives additional knowledge about the living conditions of animals in nature and in the home.
Animals are indispensable in strengthening the physical and mental health of children: in the course of walking with a dog, playing with a cat or a rabbit, and even when caring for a pet, children are perfectly physically improved.
Let's not forget that animals are a kind of "psychological emergency" for children: compensating for loneliness, pets relieve psychoemotional tension, give the opportunity to play and even talk to themselves, stroke or cuddle themselves - this is important, especially when adults do not have enough time and energy to communicate with your child. Animal will not replace parental love, but communicating with a fuzzy baby will be very useful.
Indiscriminate and closed children, pets often replace friends, and then children trust the animal with their secrets, joys and sorrows, show off their achievements and abilities - after all, the animal will not wave back, will not laugh and will not tell anyone. And thanks to the pet, such a child can easily make friends among children, for example, during joint walks with a dog in the yard or park.
Children are self-centered: they can not put themselves in the place of another and understand what it feels. Animals just do not know how to hide their condition and sensations, and when observing and communicating with animals, children learn empathy, empathy, understanding of others - and this is important for a child's life in society.
Overly mobile children in communication with animals successfully "dump" excess of their energy, while directing it in the right direction.
Animals do not speak, but make sounds, notifying about their needs and mood, movements, pose, look. So children learn to understand without words and animals, and people.
The presence of the animal in the house is disciplined: the child will quickly and better understand that all living things require care, nutrition, perhaps - restructuring the daily routine in accordance with the needs of the animal. The child is brought up a sense of responsibility, need and ability to take care not only about himself, but also about others - and this is the best vaccination from selfishness, especially if the child is one in the family.
Children, as a rule, are not afraid of dogs and show interest to them. But if for some reason your child began to feel fear of dogs, the best "medicine" would be to have a puppy - always small, cute, to cause exceptionally positive emotions. Communicating and playing with him, the child will gradually cope with his fear of other animals, gain self-confidence.
It will be appreciated by everyone who has ever had or has a pet, and their importance in the development of children in terms of becoming a character. So, psychologists say that children who have a cat at home are very spontaneous and soft, but at the same time they are independent in combination with creative abilities. Children who have dogs show a neatness and concentration, a propensity for leadership, they are disciplined, sociable. These features of the character are caused by the behavior of the animals themselves: it is logical that the dog's need for leadership and the willingness to obey him, as well as his ability to train, develops responsibility for the child, leadership qualities, the need to take a friend out for a walk several times a day, disciplines the child.
The last - but perhaps the most important: communicating with animals, taking care of them, the child learns love, kindness, careful attitude to all living things - something our society often lacks.