Monday, June 11, 2012
Plan Your Summer Vacation with Your Kids around “Animals”
Most children naturally love animals. And
according to a number of studies, there are definite psychological and health
benefits to exposure to pets.
Psychologist, Dr. Sue Doescher, concluded that preschool children who interacted
with animals are more cooperative and sharing. She said, “Having a pet improves
children's role-taking skills because they have to put themselves in the pet's
position and try to feel how the pet feels. And that transfers to how other
kids feel.”
Detroit’s Henry Ford Hospital and the Medical
College of Georgia conducted a
study about asthma and how animal exposure during infancy reduces allergic
sensitization. It concluded, “Exposure
to 2 or more dogs or cats in the first year of life may reduce subsequent risk
of allergic sensitization to multiple allergens during childhood. Other studies have shown that children
growing up on farms, especially farms with animals, were less likely to be
allergic than were children growing up in urban environments.”
Maybe your family
lifestyle can’t fit in a full-time pet. That doesn’t mean your children need to
go without animals. There are a lot of
places here in the Silicon Valley where you and your family can enjoy
animals. You can visit some nearby farms, petting zoos and
zoos. Here’s a partial list, but if your
favorite spot isn’t listed let us know about it:
Bella Zoo, Martinez
Emma Prusch Farm Park, San Jose
Evergreen Acres Petting Farm, San Jose
Happy
Hollow Park & Zoo, San Jose
Lemos Farm - Half Moon Bay
Little Farm, Tilden Park -
Berkeley
Kennedy Park, Hayward
Oakland Zoo, Oakland
Once Upon a Pony
Petting Zoo, Morgan Hill
Palo Alto Junior Museum & Zoo, Palo Alto
San Francisco Zoo, San Francisco
San Francisco Zoo, San Francisco
Sienna Ranch - Lafayette
Slide Ranch - Muir Beach
Slide Ranch - Muir Beach
Humane
Society - If you’re serious about adopting a pet, they have a big
selection.
Not sure you have enough time this summer to
visit many of these places? Ask us at Home
Simplify Solutions for suggestions of how we can ease your to-do-list, so
you have time to enjoy a great summer with your family.
Planning your first Silicon Valley summer
vacation? We can help you with your travel
arrangements and give you some great suggestions of things to do and see.
(Remember to vote by hitting the “like” button for your favorite summer
vacation theme in this month’s blog series which includes, Be
a Local Tourist and Visit the Silicon Valley’s Great Outdoors.)
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