Loss of a Pet Can Greatly Affect Young Kids’ Mental Health, Study Says

It’s no secret that young children and their pets can form special bonds that offer love, protection and comfort. In fact, previous studies have proven that pets are good for encouraging

, is among the first to look at mental health responses in kids due to a pet’s death. It found that the strong emotional attachment between kids and their pets can cause mental distress and depression for three or more years after losing the pet.Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children “One of the first major losses a child will encounter is likely to be the death of a pet, and the impact can be traumatic, especially when that pet feels like a member of the family,” Katherine Crawford, CGC, lead author of the study, said in a. “Parents and physicians need to recognize and take those symptoms seriously, not simply brush them off.”

The researchers surprisingly found that male children had more pronounced mental health effects after the loss. They also found that the strength of the association between the two was independent of when the pet died during childhood, how recently it had occurred or how many times kids experienced this kind of loss. According to Dunn, this speaks to “the durability of the bond with pets that is formed at a very early age, and how it can affect children across their development.

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