Parenting with Pets Review and Giveaway

Parenting with Pets offers insight into the magic of raising children with animals and how pets bring never ending learning opportunities into the family. Written by Christine Hamer and Margaret Hevel, this mother and daughter team share their invaluable advice with readers on how pets enrich the relationship between parent and child, and how the nonjudgmental companionship a pet provides can restore balance in the whole family. Parents will appreciate the many examples of challenging life lessons and how our pets can be the most effective teachers. Fascinating and informative, Parenting with Pets is an essential guide for those interested in raising compassionate, responsible and thoughtful children.

Product Details:

• Paperback: 180 pages
• Publisher: Book Publishers Network; 1st edition (October 10, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1887542582
• ISBN-13: 978-1887542586
• Retail Price: $16.95

My Thoughts:

Parenting with Pets is an in-depth resource for anyone who is considering (or already has) pets.  The authors use personal stories and interesting studies to help keep the attention of the reader.  The authors talk about the changing roles of pets throughout a child’s life (preschool, early elementary, adolescent, young adult) as well as the benefits and responsibilities during these ages.  It goes into how pets can help children (and parents) communicate about topics such as birth, reproduction, and death.  Finally, the authors go into deciding which pet (if any) would be a best fit for your family.  The book includes several pages of helpful resources at the end.


There is a good bit of technical information included in this book, but the personal stories and studies woven throughout the book help achieve a good balance.  If you are looking for a book that will tell you why pets and children can be a good mix, this book will, most likely, be a good fit for you.

View more information about Parenting and Pets at Christine Hamer’s website.

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