The impact of household pets on children’s daily lives: Differences in parent–child conversations and implications for children’s emotional development.
Lori B. Reider, Emily Kim, Elise Mahaffey, Vanessa LoBue
Abstract
= 62). As hypothesized, we found that parents used a greater proportion of emotion and mental state language with their children when playing with their pet dog than with a lifelike toy, suggesting that the presence of a household pet may be one context used to promote conversations about emotions and mental states. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved).
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