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Take this example:
Family wants a cat. Two kids, mom, dad. Kids are...8 & 10? THey decide a kitten is the way to go. They want to be absolutely sure that the cat they get is good with kids. Which, is reasonable. They meet the kittens we have for adoption. Select one, decide maybe a pair is best. Spent 2 hours talking to me about what to get, where to set things up, where to keep the kitten(s) at first. I reccomend some books. Come back 2 days later decided they want 2 kittens. They have one on hold from a litter of 3. They want to hold the other two to see how they interact with the kids, that is how they decide. One kitten is much smaller than the other two & they decide to go with the bigger one because she is bigger & because the son handled her better(she was easier for him to hold).
The kids then show me the toys they made for their new kittens. Where did they learn how to make the toys? From the books on kittens they bought with their allowance. They get $5 a month....& have been saving for like 6 months each.
You should have been the parents beaming. They had a right to be proud of their kdis. The kids kept asking me if they were holding the kitten right & tons of good questions for how young they were! )
Family wants a cat. Two kids, mom, dad. Kids are...8 & 10? THey decide a kitten is the way to go. They want to be absolutely sure that the cat they get is good with kids. Which, is reasonable. They meet the kittens we have for adoption. Select one, decide maybe a pair is best. Spent 2 hours talking to me about what to get, where to set things up, where to keep the kitten(s) at first. I reccomend some books. Come back 2 days later decided they want 2 kittens. They have one on hold from a litter of 3. They want to hold the other two to see how they interact with the kids, that is how they decide. One kitten is much smaller than the other two & they decide to go with the bigger one because she is bigger & because the son handled her better(she was easier for him to hold).
The kids then show me the toys they made for their new kittens. Where did they learn how to make the toys? From the books on kittens they bought with their allowance. They get $5 a month....& have been saving for like 6 months each.
You should have been the parents beaming. They had a right to be proud of their kdis. The kids kept asking me if they were holding the kitten right & tons of good questions for how young they were! )