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ReviewEarly childhood education journal2021

Pet Keeping in the Time of COVID-19: The Canine and Feline Companions of Young Children.

Mary Renck Jalongo

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Review in Early childhood education journal, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. Family Bonds with Pets and Mental Health during COVID-19 in Australia: A Complex Picture.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Mary Renck JalongoEmerita, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 654 College Lodge Road, Indiana, PA 15701 USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Amid COVID-19, children's interactions with pet animals in the household were at times strengthened, strained, or established anew. Extensive periods of confinement made the home environment not only the site for most family activities but also the hub for children's school and many adults' work. Research on the role of pets during the pandemic has consisted primarily of online surveys with the general finding that sweeping changes to daily living had major consequences for the dynamics between pets and people. This article addresses issues related to young children and pet keeping within the context of the recent world health crisis and the resultant lockdowns. First, it describes how the definition of a pet has changed. It then examines children's attachments to dogs and cats, the two species most frequently chosen as pets for young children worldwide. Next, it highlights the potential risks and rewards of children cohabitating with cats and dogs at a time when many families were sequestered in homes. The article concludes with a discussion of the limitations and contributions of research on pet keeping during COVID-19 and suggests appropriate next steps that take into consideration the welfare of young children and their companion animals.

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AttachmentCatsChild-pet bondCompanion animalsCOVID-19DogsPet keepingPets

Identifiers

PMID34426724
PMCPMC8372227

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