Raising the companion animal helps children's soul to grow up

Raising the companion animal helps children's soul to grow up healthy and sound
Author: Li Chen

It is reported that " raises the children of the companion animal less and feels loneliness, is prone to more strongly sharing, more willing to look after immature children. " October 9, Beijing Normal University psychological the intersection of institute and Professor prosperous seminar announce this latest investigation result at the psychological health research results news conference in companion animal and children day such as Zheng. This research results have already been published in number 11 of Vol. 21 of 2007 of " China's mental hygiene magazine " formally.

According to the figure that Chinese State Family Planning Commission announced, there are 90 million only-children in our country. The relevant experts of domestic and foreign early education think, the only-child's growth environment is apt to let them regard oneself as the centre, will exchange with others and share, manipulative ability bad lacking sensing of responsibility, the intersection of dependence and issue such as being better, it is come to protect that who someone has even tomorrow in China proposed " " Statement.

In recent years, for the relation while canvassing companion animal and children physically and mentally healthily, the psychological institute of Beijing Normal University " Companion animal and psychological health " The seminar has chosen 402 pupils of 11 ordinary primary schools in Beijing as the research object at random. The result of study reveals: Compare and does not raise the children of the companion animal, raising the children of the companion animal less feels loneliness, prone to more strongly sharing, more willing to look after immature children; The children that and the more intimate with companion animal's relation, the stronger their sharing the will and immature the children's will of treatment is, the lower the level of feeling of loneliness is.

Still find in this research: In raising the children of the companion animal, 98.5% of the children express they like one's own companion animal, 85.3% children think the companion animal loves them too at the same time. About liking the reason of the companion animal, main three major reasons are: The companion animal is lovely ' 76.6% ) ,Have company of companion animal feel lonely any more ' 65.0% ) ,The companion animal can bring to family happily ' 60.9% ) . In not raising the children of the companion animal, 94.1% of the children say that like the companion animal; In addition, 61.3% children say that want to raise the companion animal very much, 31.4% children say that want to raise the companion animal sometimes, show clearly that does not want to raise the children of the companion animal and only account for 7.4%.

Reveal to the investigation result which raises companion animal's children's parents, parents think, the companion animal has three respects on main the child's positive impact: First, more benevolently, know how to cherish smallly and weakly ' 53.2% ) ; Second, the child has the companion who no longer feels lonely ' 43.5% ) ; Third, child produce great interest or love to animal ' 40.9% ) . Meanwhile, the most prominent one is in the positive impact that the companion animal brings to the family: The companion animal increases the happiness of the family, let the family make livening up too (58.0%) . Opposite to this, in negative influence, show, increase the intersection of hygiene and burden (64.4%) to sweep work mainly .

Zheng RiChang who presides over this investigations introduces: "The companion animal has possessed the function which serves as some human roles to a certain extent, it is good companions whose soul grew up of children. Meanwhile, this research enlightens us too, to the family feeding the companion animal, parents should utilize children to be glad to close to natural glad to be close the natural instincts of the animal consciously, use companion animal as the media of educating the child effectively, does not bear responsibility in place of the child simply in the course of bringing up the companion animal, run through the education of sense of duty and independence into it imperceptibly, let children reside and study Yu Le, happy growth. "

Comrade in charge and children's psychology and much experts of the education respect of education department outside school of Ministry of Education have attended this news conference. The expert participating in the conference thinks unanimously, the research system is overall, the visual angle is unique, it is a forerunner of this kind of domestic research, have pioneering meanings. Moreover, this research has caught new focus, new situation in our country's economic development and social change, have great realistic value, to strengthening character building education, promoting children's psychological health, build the harmonious society, promote the improvement of the quality of people's lives to draw lessons from meanings to our country.

The expert participating in the conference calls upon, the child is the future of the motherland, the children education is no longer a question of each family, but concern the major issue of national destiny. Compare the early intellectual development, the personality is as important as cultivation of the health psychology. Hope the social each side pays close attention to this subject actively.

Raising the companion animal helps children's soul to grow up healthy and sound