print email comment close Selecting the Right Pet for Your Family and Making the Introduction URL: http://www.hsus.org/pets/pet_care/selecting_the_right_pet_for_your_family_and_making_the_introduction.html Description: Questions and answers about selecting appropriate pets for families with children. Topics include how old the child should be before introducing a pet, whether to get a younger or older animal, how children should interact with pets, how to teach children to take good care of pets, and more. From the Humane Society of the United States. Publisher: The Humane Society of the United States Library of Congress Subject Headings: Children and animals Pets LII Database Information: Record 20666 created by Jennifer English on 02/14/2006 Last modification on 02/14/2006 Published: 02/16/2006   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/20666