Involvement in Pet Selection Preschoolers can be included in pet selection, but it should be parents that make the final decision.
Parents are able to consider many factors like safety and practicality where preschoolers will only consider how cute the animal is at the time.
Its better that mom and dad handle this one.
Naming Your preschooler's involvement in naming a pet can be fun and refreshing.
If the pet already had a name it is kinder that the new chosen name should be similar to the old one.
A wonderful idea is for parents to pick a couple of names and let the child decide which one he likes best.
Where the Pet Sleeps Pets should sleep in a central location of the home and definitely not be kept in your preschooler's bedroom.
The location of your pet's bed is important as the pet could be noisy and disturb your child at night.
Your preschooler might also be tempted to play with their new pet when they should be sleeping, or they may overfeed the pet thinking that they are nice.
Cleaning Cleaning the family pet should be a task that are taught to your preschooler at the earliest possible time.
Parental supervision and guidance is vitally important to ensure that the pet is cleaned properly and that your preschooler will be safe at all times.
Preschool children can be taught to brush furry pets, with a soft brush, and they can have a lot of fun giving their dog a bath.
Feeding Feeding the pet is a task that preschoolers love because it is not a difficult task and they know it makes their pet happy.
It is important that parents supervise this activity as children can easily over feed pets.
Over feeding can be harmful to animals, especially fish.
Parental supervision is also important to ensure that preschoolers do not forget to feed their pets.
Exercise and Holding Preschoolers love to hold and cuddle their pets, but it is important for parents to teach their child how to do this properly without hurting the pet.
Preschoolers should be taught to support the animal when they hold it and to put it down gently the moment the animal starts to squirm and show signs of displeasure at being held.
It is important that pets get exercise on a daily basis and preschoolers can join in the fun.
Parents must always be present to make sure that both the pet and the child is safe at all times.
For example when walking a dog it is best that two leashes are used.
Your preschooler can hold one leash while the parent holds the other one for extra security.
Pet Death There will eventually come a time when a pet dies.
It is parents' natural reaction to replace the pet as soon as possible to try and protect the child.
Instead of doing this, parents should see this as an opportunity to talk to the child about death.
The amount of skills and life lessons that a preschooler can learn while learning to take care of a pet is huge.
Teaching your preschooler to love and care for their pet is beneficial in many ways and will add experiences to your child's life that will help him or her to become a well-rounded, gentle and loving adult.