Read about a new study that looked at families with young kids that both did and did not own dogs, finding that young children who grow up owning dogs may have better social development.
, young children who grow up with dogs may have better social and emotional wellbeing., conducted by researchers at the University of Western Australia and Telethon Kids Institute, used questionnaire data from 1,646 households with kids ranging from 2 to 5 years old. Of these homes, 686, or 42 percent, owned a dog. Researchers looked at the kids’ age, biological sex, sleeping habits, screen time and the parents’ education level.
The researchers also looked at how often these kids joined their family on dog walks. They found that kids who joined the walks at least once a week were 36 percent less likely to have poor social development.
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