In A Nutshell • Children as young as 4 were more likely to say eating an animal was OK when it was framed as Christmas dinner rather than a regular weekday meal • Kids ages 4–7 were about 20 times ...

"Why the Wild Things Are," released by Harvard University Press, draws on psychological research, history and children's media over a 10-year period to examine youngsters' many connections to animals ...

Did you know that teaching children empathy skills early in life can increase their confidence and help them better handle stressful situations? Empathy is critical to success throughout life and is a ...

On a wall at Trader Joe’s are numerous drawings of shelter animals, each with their own biography, each an attempt to help those animals find homes. They are the result of Kids, Cats and K9s, a ...

My name is Iwona Podlasińska and as a photographer specializing in children portraiture. I've had the privilege of witnessing ...

Looking to youngsters for words of wisdom about other animals, other humans, and nature Many, if not most youngsters enjoy being outside in the presence of other animals or just running around and ...

Thanks to all the talking animals movies young children have likely seen, they might have the impression that animals communicate like humans do. In real life, of course, that’s not true. But that ...

A new study found that four to 6-year-olds shared more after listening to books with human characters than books with anthropomorphic (human-like) animals. A study by researchers at the Ontario ...

There's nothing like the fair. Visitors can gorge on deep-fried Oreos, hot beef sundaes and heaps of cotton candy. There are rides, craft displays and, of course, barns full of animals that nonfarmers ...

Disturbed by a high pitched cry, three-year-old Christopher's mom walks into the living room to find him swinging their new kitten around by the tail. Five-year-old John's babysitter witnesses John ...