Canine MD: Eight Ways a Dog Improves Your Childs Well-Being犬海事处： 8狗的方法，改善您的childs福祉

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Some of our favorite childhood memories involve dogs.我们的一些最喜爱的童年记忆涉及狗。 But did you know that warm feeling is based in good science?但你知道温暖的感觉是，总部设在良好的科学呢？ Here are eight ways a dog improves your child's health and well-being.这里是8的方法，一只狗，改善您的孩子的健康和福祉。

Dogs enhance your child's cognitive and social development.犬提高您的孩子的认知和社会发展。 Family ownership of a dog or other pet increases your child's ability to use his whole brain.家庭拥有一间狗或其他宠物增加您的孩子的能力，利用他的整个大脑。 Children with pets at home also score significantly higher on empathy and pro-social scales than children without pets.儿童与宠物在家里也评分显着高于对同理心和亲社会规模的儿童相比，没有宠物。

Dogs boost your child's self-esteem.狗刺激您的孩子的自尊。 A study of 394 university students revealed that those who had dogs or cats as childhood pets were more self-confident than those who had not.研究394大学的学生透露，这些谁了狗或猫作为宠物的儿童更自信谁比那些没有这样做。

Dogs reduce your child's stress.狗减少您的孩子的压力。 One study concluded that children who had a dog present during their physical examinations had lower heart rates, reduced blood pressure and less behavioral distress than when the dog was not present.一项研究得出结论认为，儿童谁了一只狗，目前在他们的身体检查有较低的心跳率，减少血液中的压力和不足的困扰，比行为时，狗当时并不在场。

Dogs develop your child's non-verbal communication skills.狗发展您的孩子的非言语沟通的技巧。 Dogs are wonderful playmates and sympathetic listeners, but they also stimulate communication skills in children.狗是美好的玩伴和同情的听众，但他们也刺激沟通的技巧，在儿童。 A study of 455 school children between the ages of 11 and 16 revealed that children with pets had a better ability to understand non-verbal communications.研究455学童年龄介于11和16显示，儿童与宠物有更好的理解能力的非言语沟通。

Dogs teach your child responsibility and discipline Pets require a great deal of attention, guidance and care.狗教导您的孩子的责任和纪律的宠物需要大量的关注，指导和照顾。 In return for feeding, grooming and exercising their pets, children obtain companionship and unconditional love.在返回觅食，培育和行使他们的宠物，儿童获得同伴和无条件的爱。

Dogs help decrease your child's allergies.狗的帮助，减少您的孩子的过敏。 The UK Pet Health Council reports that children brought up around dogs have a lower incidence of hay fever and asthma, as well as more stable immune systems.英国宠物健康局的报告说，儿童所带来的约狗有一个较低的发病率花粉症和哮喘，以及更稳定的免疫系统。 This is doubly good news, since researchers at the US National Institutes of Health report that people with allergic responses has doubled in the last thirty years.这是双重的好消息，由于研究人员在美国国立卫生研究院的报告指出，人与过敏性反应，增加了一倍，在过去三十年。

Dogs help your child cope with life situations.犬帮助您的孩子应付生活的情况。 Dogs can help ease the stress your child may feel with the arrival of a new sibling.狗可以帮助纾缓压力你的孩子可能觉得与到达一个新的兄弟姊妹。 Children are better able to share their parents' attention, as well as understanding what is involved in caring for another.儿童能够更好地分享他们的家长注意，以及了解什么是所涉及的照顾另一个。 Children learn about medical issues and illness as they experience veterinary check-ups and treatments for their dogs.儿童了解医疗问题和疾病，因为他们的经验，兽医检查身体和治疗他们的狗。 Dogs also help children better comprehend and cope with death.狗也有利于儿童更好地理解和配合死亡。

Dogs alleviate loneliness in 'tweens.狗减轻孤独感，在' tweens 。 A Canadian study of children between nine and thirteen showed that many turned to animals for companionship when they felt lonely.加拿大研究儿童之间的9和13表明，许多转向动物同伴时，他们感到寂寞。 The children cited dogs and cats as offering emotional support-listening, protecting, reassuring and/or showing appreciation for the child's presence.儿童引述狗和猫提供感情上的支持-听，保护，安心和/或显示赞赏孩子的存在。 The study also found that girls turned to animals more than boys.研究还发现，女孩的转向动物多于男孩。

Does that mean you should run to your nearest shelter and pick out the cutest dog you find?这是否意味着您应该运行到离您最近的住房，并挑选出cutest狗您找到？ Not necessarily.不一定。 Some dogs are better with children than others, and dogs require a commitment of time, money, and responsibility from parents, too.有些狗是更好地与孩子比别人，与狗需要一个承诺的时间，金钱和责任从父母，太。 But opening your heart and your home to Fido or Freckles may be just the thing to get everyone's tail wagging just a little bit more.但开放你的心和您的家庭fido或雀斑可能只是这件事让每个人的尾巴wagging只是一个多一点。

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