Cats help families of children with autism

Child and mother with cat

This article is about a discussion on the benefits of domestic cats to autistic children and to the families of those children. The first point to make is that a study (764 participants) published on 4 March 2020 in the online journal Springer Link, tells us that parents with lower incomes perceived benefits in …

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Toddler takes Siamese kitten from mother and mother wants her kitten back

Siamese cat mother wants her kitten back from toddler who has taken him

An interesting video because it shows, in a way, a competition between a female Siamese cat who has given birth to a kitten in someone’s home and a toddler who wants to hold her kitten because she is fascinated with this cute creature. Cat and human are fighting over a kitten; not good. Note: …

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Ultimate video of child sleeping with cats (with pictures)

Ultimate picture of child sleeping with cats

This is a video that has gone viral for obvious reasons. It is very cute. I like to see cats sleeping with children as there is a lot of good in it despite the old wives’ tales about cats sucking the breath from children (a dangerous myth still believed by some). A child’s immune …

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America’s millennials delay having kids, ‘We wanted to start with a cat, to dip a toe in the water’

US millenials putting off having kids

An article in the Financial Times written by Patti Waldmeir is interesting to me. She writes about America’s millennials who are delaying having children or even avoiding it altogether and instead adopting a companion animal. She refers to a lady whose name is Brianna Wright, the consumer analyst at LendingTree.com who conducted a survey …

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Ten-year-old’s interview with her cat is charming but not quite right

10 year old's interview with her cat Coco

Gabi’s father writes on his Twitter posting of December 4th 2017, ‘My kid did an interview with her cat’. Below the words is his photograph of the imaginary interview. It is very cute and understanding. Gabi understands and clearly loves cats and probably most animals. She’s not quite right in her assessment of the …

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Toddler and family cat say goodnight to each other naturally

Looking at the video you can’t deny that these two, an 18 month old toddler and his friend the family cat get on so well and naturally. The video was captured by the security camera in the family’s home in Pickerington, Ohio. The tuxedo cat meows at the boy in greeting and the boy …

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