LEADER 04143nam 2200745 a 450 001 9910824076303321 005 20230305145834.0 010 $a0-674-26607-2 010 $a0-674-04092-9 024 7 $a10.4159/9780674040922 035 $a(CKB)2550000000017457 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000477538 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12193740 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000477538 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10502838 035 $a(PQKB)10919761 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000431159 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12172319 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000431159 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10474180 035 $a(PQKB)11125109 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3300798 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3300798 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10400475 035 $a(OCoLC)923116175 035 $a(DE-B1597)588897 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674040922 035 $a(OCoLC)1294424056 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000017457 100 $a20000906d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aWhy the wild things are $eanimals in the lives of children /$fGail F. Melson 205 $a1st Harvard University Press pbk. ed. 210 $aCambridge, Mass. $cHarvard University Press$d2005 215 $aviii, 236 p 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-674-01752-8 311 $a0-674-00481-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter --$tACKNOWLEDGMENTS --$tCONTENTS --$tIntroduction --$t1. Animals and the Study of Children --$t2. Reaching across the Divide --$t3. Love on Four Legs --$t4. Learning from Animals --$t5. The Healing Lick --$t6. Animal Selves --$t7. Victims and Objects --$t8. Deepening the Animal Connection --$tNOTES --$tINDEX 330 $aWhether they see themselves as King of the Wild Things or protector of Toto, children live in a world filled with animals--both real and imaginary. From Black Beauty to Barney, animal characters romp through children's books, cartoons, videos, and computer games. As Gail Melson tells us, more than three-quarters of all children in America live with pets and are now more likely to grow up with a pet than with both parents. She explores not only the therapeutic power of pet-owning for children with emotional or physical handicaps but also the ways in which zoo and farm animals, and even certain purple television characters, become confidants or teachers for children--and sometimes, tragically, their victims. Yet perhaps because animals are ubiquitous, what they really mean to children, for better and for worse, has been unexplored territory. Why the Wild Things Are is the first book to examine children's many connections to animals and to explore their developmental significance. What does it mean that children's earliest dreams are of animals? What is the unique gift that a puppy can give to a boy? Drawing on psychological research, history, and children's media, Why the Wild Things Are explores the growth of the human-animal connection. In chapters on children's emotional ties to their pets, the cognitive challenges of animal contacts, animal symbols as building blocks of the self, and pointless cruelty to animals, Melson shows how children's innate interest in animals is shaped by their families and their social worlds, and may in turn shape the kind of people they will become. 606 $aPet owners$xPsychology 606 $aPets$xPsychological aspects 606 $aPets$xSocial aspects 606 $aChildren and animals 606 $aHuman-animal relationships 615 0$aPet owners$xPsychology. 615 0$aPets$xPsychological aspects. 615 0$aPets$xSocial aspects. 615 0$aChildren and animals. 615 0$aHuman-animal relationships. 676 $a636.088/7/019 686 $aCQ 6000$2rvk 700 $aMelson$b L. Gail$01717679 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910824076303321 996 $aWhy the wild things are$94114100 997 $aUNINA