| Description |
1 online resource (x, 366 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Intro; Acknowledgements; Contents; 1 Introduction: Children and the Dogs in Their Lives; Introduction; Goals for the Book; Why This Book at This Time?; Conclusion; References; Dogs in the Family; 2 An Attachment Perspective on the Child-Dog Bond: Interdisciplinary and International Research Findings; Dog Keeping in Families; Influences on the Child-Dog Bond; The Uniqueness of Attachment to Dogs; Canine Attachment Behavior; Conclusion; References; 3 Building Behaviorally Healthy Relationships Between Children and Dogs; Definition of Behaviorally Healthy |
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"For the Children": What Children Seek from a Dog"For the Children" & he Nicest Dogs; Growing up Together & evelopmental Trends in Relationships; Teaching Responsibility & uardianship of Dogs; Re-Thinking the Family Dog; Conclusion; References; 4 The Family Dog: Influence of Parents on Children's Concepts of Responsible Dog Care; Why Study Dog-Human Bonds in Families?; Background of Dog-Human Bond; Methods; Participants; Instrument; Results; Current Dog; Value of Dog to Family; Worth of Dog to Family; Responsibility for Care of Dog; Child Safety Rules; Giving Up On the Family Dog |
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Changes in Treatment of Dogs from Childhood to AdulthoodChanges in Parents' Ideas About Keeping Dogs; Child Sex and Age; Discussion; Parents' Perspectives on Dogs; Parents' Childhood Experiences with Dogs; Parents' Expectations for Children and Dogs; Limitations and Implications for Parents and Families; References; 5 Becoming Parent: The Role of Dog as Baby in Learning How to Care; Introduction; Japan: The First Born; Australian Dog/Baby; Time and Becoming Animal/Becoming Human; Becoming Human; The 'Cute' Discourse; Anthropological Turn; Puppy Mills; The Cost of Production |
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Learning to ParentTraining; Control Issues; Environmental Decision Making; Conclusion; References; 6 Children's Ideas About Canine Behavioral Issues and Training Practices; Introduction; Acceptance Within the Family; Canine Behavioral Issues; Obedience Training; Training Practices; Recommendations and Conclusion; References; 7 Final Gifts: Lessons Children Can Learn from Dogs About End-of-Life, Loss, and Grief; The Dog Matters. The Relationship Matters More; End of Life: Lessons from the Dog; Farewell Dear Friend: Death, Dead Bodies, and Rituals; Lessons About Loss and Grief; Color Your Grief |
| Summary |
This book brings together authoritative information about the child/dog bond as it is manifested with family dogs, visiting therapy dogs, and service dogs trained to assist children with disabilities. Despite the widely accepted view that participating in a dog's care and interacting with dogs in behaviorally healthy ways is a route to becoming responsible and compassionate, research on this complex dynamic is difficult to design, time-consuming to collect, and challenging to analyze. This volume synthesizes theory, research, and practice, bringing all to bear upon child/dog interactions in homes, schools, libraries, and the community at large. Children, Dogs and Education serves as a handbook for a diverse group of adults who seek to build positive relationships between children and dogs-parents/families, professional dog trainers, teachers, librarians, mental health professionals, health care professionals, and university faculty. The study of interactions between human and nonhuman animals has captured the imagination of an international community of researchers from many different fields and professions. Even though dogs are ubiquitous in the lives of most children, studies of children's interactions with dogs in families and communities are lacking. Most of the previous research on the human-canine bond has focused on adolescents and adults or, even when younger children are the focus, it has tended to rely on parents to speak for children. There are three features of this book that make it unique. First, it goes beyond exploring the child/dog bond to examine additional important issues, including: children's concepts of responsible care, their ability to interpret dogs' behavioral cues, and their ideas about canine behavioral issues/training. Second, unlike most other work to date, it represents children's voices through cases, interviews, and drawings. Finally, the contributors to this edited work use their collective wisdom to draw educational implications and suggest direction in preparing the next generation of dog guardians |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed May 16, 2018) |
| Subject |
Children and animals.
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Dog owners.
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Human-animal relationships.
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Educational psychology.
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Psychology, Educational
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Teaching skills & techniques.
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Child & developmental psychology.
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Educational psychology.
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Pre-school & kindergarten.
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Developmental -- Child.
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PETS -- Dogs -- General.
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Children and animals
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Dog owners
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Human-animal relationships
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Jalongo, Mary Renck, editor.
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| ISBN |
9783319778457 |
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3319778455 |
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3319778447 |
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9783319778440 |
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