Kids With Pets Just Grow Up Nicer

Jul 6 2008 Scott Miller

Pets Corner

It's official: pet owners make much better all-round citizens so you could be doing your kids a favour by bringing home a pet.

Anew survey found 91 per cent believe pets have a positive impact on kids.

Keeping a pet is believed by 70 per cent to make you more intuitive, while two thirds say it makes you more caring, the National Office of Animal Health survey reveals.

And of course ownership will give your child a real sense of responsibility.