Today we
live in a time where consideration for other human beings seems a topic of the
past, everyone is focused on the whole "funda" of money, money,
money. Where kids learn from the adults that being mean is bad but they see
them doing the same and a sense of responsibility is lost.
Teens seem depressed
for being quote lonely. All these situations have a common denominator , the
requirement of a being who is there for you , who needs equal attention from
you , a being that teaches responsibility , who gives happiness and helps in
learning the value of life , and if you haven’t guessed it by now , it’s a pet
. Dogs, cats, birds, fishes the whole ensemble of domestic animals out there.
A
pet teaches you what life is and I’m here to tell you how.
1) A sense of responsibility: it is a
very old but a very true concept, that pets teach responsibility. They are like
little infants, they can’t speak, need food and water, need shelter, are
mischievous, want and need attention etc. in America after kindergarten each
class has a class pet as a part of the school policy , that pet is to be taken
care of daily by a child , so the entire class gets to take care of the animal
, if the pet is sick -take him to the vet , give him just the right amount of
food , clean after him and take care of his house , in doing these things kids realize the things are similar to what their parent’s to from them ,(apart from
just going crazy on how cute the animal is !!), so they learn responsibility .
2) A sense of loss: the passing on of a
pet is one of the saddest moment of a child’s life. The dog that runs up to you
every day when you come home from school, the bird you see flutter her wings
whenever you feed her, the cat that jumps into you laps and purrs in comfort
while reading a book, the thought of losing that companion brings a tear to my
eye as I’m writing this article .But this loss teaches us to give value to
everything when we have it. To cherish it while it’s with us, helping us,
loving us and to let go when it goes away and live on with its memories in your
mind. These are concepts each adult has to bear with, but having pets as
children just makes the pain coming in the future easier.
3) Never feel lonely: pets have a unique
power they use when you gain their loyalty. They can sense what you feel,
whenever you as teens get home and just jump in bed, feeling the world is
against you, you will find you pug, a ball in his mouth, snuggling up to you
asking you to not be sad and buck up and in most cases that one creature is the
reason your frown goes upside down, that and ice-cream, but mostly the pet. You
realize that you have a being that listens your rants, supports you and when
you find a partner or it gets old you indirectly replace it, still it’s always
there to help you, be with you and love you. Is that not what all humans
require?
In the end I’d like to add that value of pets
cannot be contained by mere words instead, ask pet owners, they will complain a
lot, but take away their pet from them for day, and they will be crawling back
to you the next asking it back or wishing to see it once. I myself don’t own a
pet, but from this above article you can understand, I gosh darn it love
animals
image sources : dogster.com
home.allergicchild.com
thepetproduct.com
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