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Teaching children empathy benefits all of society. Programs like this one in Maryland can help kids learn empathy and teach them early to respect all animals.
LOS ANGELES — For many children, their first pet is a virtual one.
Experts say many children who enter the first grade can play video games but few have a pet to play with. And teachers say that’s a shame, considering how animals — real ones — can enrich a child’s upbringing.
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