Think Twice Before Buying Pets for Your Kids
It is only normal to hear that most kids would ask for a pet at some point in time of their age. It normally comes from culture or from seeing other kids who have their own dogs or cats. But while that is a need that can really be passed up, perhaps this new discovery as far as health and potential snoring problems in kids can convince parents to refrain from buying kids these traditional pets.
Snoring is something you don’t expect to hear from kids. But these days, advanced studies and technology has helped us identify and sum up causes of heart diseases or respiratory problems. Kids may not sleep with these animals but normally the exposure that they get can be entirely dangerous. Worst, it can lead to complications and put your child in danger if you are not careful.
“These factors may enhance inflammatory processes and thereby alter upper airway anatomy early in life, causing an increased susceptibility for adult snoring,” the study conjectured.
The harsh, occasionally nerve-wracking sounds associated with snoring are caused the vibrating of the soft palate.
What a load of crock. After years of saying animal companionship provides many people with increased mental health, now we have to deny our kids a cat because they can cause snoring? Snoring is usually far from harsh or nerve-wracking, more like annoying. Denying a kid a pet because some study says there is small potential for respiratory problems is sad, especially when there are more dangerous things out there for a kid’s lungs (smoking, fumes from buses, etc.).
Words by Randolph on August 24, 2008 at 2:17 pm | #