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"Children 'more likely to confide in pets than siblings'
By Sean Coughlan
Education correspondent
Children in adversity build up strong relationships with their pets
Children who are facing adversity, such as illness or parents splitting up, are more likely to confide in their pet than brothers or sisters, according to research.
Matt Cassels at Cambridge University says far too little attention has been paid to the significant role of pets in young people's emotions.
"They may feel that their pets are not judging them," said Mr Cassels.
His research is based on a 10-year study of 100 families in the UK.
Mr Cassels, a postgraduate psychiatry researcher, says that the place of pets in the lives of young people has not been adequately recognised and the scale of its importance has been under estimated.
Family break-ups mean that in the United States children are more likely to live with a pet than their natural father, says the research.
According to US data, about two thirds of children live with their father, while about four in five of families with school-age children have a pet.
Mr Cassels examined data from a longitudinal study carried out by the Centre for Family Research at Cambridge University, which tracked children from the age of two.
The information on pet ownership was based on when children were aged 12".
"Children 'more likely to confide in pets than siblings'
By Sean Coughlan
Education correspondent
Children in adversity build up strong relationships with their pets
Children who are facing adversity, such as illness or parents splitting up, are more likely to confide in their pet than brothers or sisters, according to research.
Matt Cassels at Cambridge University says far too little attention has been paid to the significant role of pets in young people's emotions.
"They may feel that their pets are not judging them," said Mr Cassels.
His research is based on a 10-year study of 100 families in the UK.
Mr Cassels, a postgraduate psychiatry researcher, says that the place of pets in the lives of young people has not been adequately recognised and the scale of its importance has been under estimated.
Family break-ups mean that in the United States children are more likely to live with a pet than their natural father, says the research.
According to US data, about two thirds of children live with their father, while about four in five of families with school-age children have a pet.
Mr Cassels examined data from a longitudinal study carried out by the Centre for Family Research at Cambridge University, which tracked children from the age of two.
The information on pet ownership was based on when children were aged 12".
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