REALLY teach children responsibility or only become more work for the parents?
My kids take care of their pets (Daughter - white cat) (Son - white boxer)....but only after I remind and remind until it would have been quicker to do it myself.
In the long run though....I believe it conveys that just like 'babies'....once you get past the cutie cuddly part....they are many years of hard work.
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