Do you think having a pet is an important part of a childs life?

Do you think having a pet is an important part of a childs life?
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It’s definitely a good idea but you can also expose your kids to pets at friends’ houses and pet stores and zoos and on the street – basically I’m saying that you don’t HAVE to have animals of your own but it’d be good…I try hard to expose my kids to animals, we have 3 cats and 2 dogs and used to have a little snake
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