Pets can be a bridge for children to cope with their parents' divorce, said marriage and family therapist Mitchell Rosen, writing in the Riverside (Calif.) Press-Enterprise.
Read his article here.
More and more I'm seeing young children who tell me their confidant is their dog, cat, or horse. They go for long walks and tell their pet all about mom and dad's fighting or the fears they have about what might eventually happen. This is not crazy behavior but might very well be sanity preserving. A child, an adolescent, an adult; we all need someone we can confide to. The alternative is to pretend, escape or deny. None of these are very healthy.Rosen said he has also seen adults ensure through their divorce papers visitation with their pets.
But too often we neglect to ask the kids and actually get mad at them if they don't want to visit because it means leaving their pet.Still finding new ways our pets are increasingly part of our lives.
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