Teach Your Kids to Be Kind To Animals

May 4-10 is Be Kind to Animals Week - an initiative founded in 1915 by the American Humane Association to celebrate the unique bond between animals and humans. Click here for some simple suggestions on being kind to animals from the American Humane Association.

Be Kind to Animals Week is a particularly good opportunity to teach kids compassion and respect for animals – have a talk to your child about why it’s important to look out for our animal companions, or find stories, projects, games and more at sites like Kind News Online, and ARF Rescue Patrol.

The National PTA Conference in 1933 asserted that “humane education is key to solving the enormous pet overpopulation problem in our country…” and notes that “Children trained to extend justice, kindness, and mercy to animals become more just, kind, and considerate in their relations to each other…” We can all do with more justice, kindness and mercy in our society – today more than ever.

Because of this, Companions for Life offers Humane Education resources and programs to teach children respect and responsibility for pets, animal safety, compassion, caring, and the importance of spay/neuter and adoption. The goal is to ultimately help build a more compassionate society that places great value on the role of companion animals.

Parents and teachers, check out programs and information offered by Companions for Life to help you teach kids to make every week Be Kind to Animals Week:

• Visit our Just for Teachers page for a whole range of helpful resources and lesson plans designed specifically for the classroom!
• Companions for Life also provides humane education programs to children and adults in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area. We can send trained humane educators to conduct fun, interactive on-site lessons for groups of children, using professionally-developed humane education workbooks and materials. These programs can be custom tailored for youth groups, day care centers, summer camps, special events, and private schools and designed for kids of all ages.