Kids and Their Animals
It is clear to us that animals teach us many lessons, if we are willing to listen and learn them. Children are WONDERFUL in this regard because they know so well that you don't have to speak the same language to communicate perfectly. Adults, with all of our rational nonsense forget this all too often.
This magnificent past weekend, the first in Spring, reminded me of how amazing the relationships between kids and animals can truly be. Yes of course we all hear the horror stories in the news about troubled children who torture and kill animals...but that is an extreme abnormality. Most often we see amazingly loving relationships.
Of course, at Lillunia we love to expose babies and children to animals that they might not otherwise see- like Tigers and Monkeys and Polar Bears. But just to watch the magic between a girl and her pony or a boy and his dog or any endless number of loving and respectful relationships between our kids and their animals is true magic.
And the magic works on so many levels. "Pets" teach our children responsibility to be sure, but they also teach kids how to share, how to play "together", how to think about the needs of something other than oneself...and ultimately how to appreciate the diversity of life that is enjoying the world with us!We love watching these relationships and fostering them whenever possible. We hope you, and your kids do too!
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