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New Research Suggests Cat and Dog ‘Moms’ and ‘Dads’ Really are Parenting Their Pets: Here’s the Evolutionary Explanation Why
The Conversation
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Article
Publication Date
10-28-2021
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Abstract
Have you noticed more cats riding in strollers lately? Or bumper stickers that read, “I love my granddogs”? You’re not imagining it. More people are investing serious time, money and attention in their pets.
It looks an awful lot like parenting, but of pets, not people.
Can this kind of caregiving toward animals really be considered parenting? Or is something else going on here?
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Shelly Volsche. "New Research Suggests Cat and Dog ‘Moms’ and ‘Dads’ Really are Parenting Their Pets: Here’s the Evolutionary Explanation Why" The Conversation (2021) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/shelly-volsche/29/