Pets and military families

ClosedDeadline: 10/04/2012

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Background:

While we have a previous article about how pets are good for your health, we would like to have a piece that focuses on the emotional component of pet ownership for military families with children.

This can include physical health information (e.g., studies that show a lower incidence of allergies for children growing up with pets) as well as emotional health effects (e.g., ‘filling the void’ of a deployed parent/spouse; impact on children’s self-esteem, etc.).

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