Getting a child to like animals?
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Our 3 year old hates any form of animal and will literally climb walls to get away from them. Shes never had a bad experience and we dont knowingly make them scary. Her twin brother doesnt have any issues with them.
We dont have any pets ourselves as i think cats are a pointless pet and my wife doesnt like dogs, but we've just moved house and the previous owners cat keeps coming back and trying to get in. Which we have no control over and means we have a terrified 3 yo.
Any tips on things you've had success with? My inlaws went ot and bought a cat as my wife was the same. But thats not going to happen herelol.
We dont have any pets ourselves as i think cats are a pointless pet and my wife doesnt like dogs, but we've just moved house and the previous owners cat keeps coming back and trying to get in. Which we have no control over and means we have a terrified 3 yo.
Any tips on things you've had success with? My inlaws went ot and bought a cat as my wife was the same. But thats not going to happen herelol.
Because you're just a slave to a cat, dogs, its all unconditional love. And they can be put to work.
I'm very much a dog person and the wife is a cat person, so we don't have either.
She doesn't have to like them, but after having her stuck like a limpit because one was at the door today. It would be nice to just get over that. And now today, she wont go and play incase she sees it.
I'm very much a dog person and the wife is a cat person, so we don't have either.
She doesn't have to like them, but after having her stuck like a limpit because one was at the door today. It would be nice to just get over that. And now today, she wont go and play incase she sees it.
InertialTooth45 said:
Why do you expect your daughter to when you clearly don't?
I dont expect her to like them, I'm just looking for tips on how to intergrate them into her life so she isnt petrified every time she sees one. Today was probably the worst shes ever been, her brother is the clingy one, but she couldnt bare to be more than a metre away from me or mum all day. Normally shes running around outside and having fun. The longer its left, the worse it will get.
Just because I'm not a cat person is beside the point, as I always make an effort to show they're only after some affection.
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