Are Pets a Good Way to Teach Kids Responsibility? | Dad University

0:00 got one from Jared what do you think about getting a pet to teach kids responsibility as if maybe they're looking at my feet or I mean my texts to my wife that came up recently when in my house I think pets are great but you have to you have to want that you know I remember as a kid always wanting a dog

0:30 and then when we got the dog you know it's ultimately my dad's responsibility they ended up taking care of it you know we were supposed to it'll pick up after it and clean it and do everything and we were small kids and we didn't and so of course my dad fell in love with the dog and was the one who really ended up taking care of it as far as them teaching responsibilities I think it can

0:53 I think there's a lot of different ways to teach responsibility you know you is if you're a pet owner and a pet lover than great if you are not then you know you may not want the pet in the house I personally I do like animals I do like pets but I'm not quite ready for one in my house and that's kind of where I said so my kids of course have gone from a really large animal and desiring that to

1:21 now wanting something smaller and smaller and smaller and smaller so to the point where you know it's now down to a very small hamster is the request so we're in discussions it's an ongoing it's an ongoing negotiation that we are in so yes I do think pets can teach responsibility I think that's that's a decent thing hey guys hope you enjoyed that clip if you want more just like it be sure to subscribe to our Channel

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