The emotional lives of animals and children
Subtitle: insights from a farm sanctuary
By: William Crain
Publisher: Turning Stone Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: San Francisco, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 137
ISBN-13: 9781618520821
Subjects: Emotions in children; Emotions in animals; Emotions; Emotions and cognition
Description: "In 2008, Bill Crain, a professor of psychology at The City College of New York, and his wife Ellen, a pediatrician, opened Safe Haven Farm Sanctuary in Poughquag, New York. The sanctuary provides a permanent home to over 70 animals rescued from slaughter and abusive situations, including goats, sheep, chickens, turkeys, ducks, partridges, and a mini-horse. It also has afforded Bill a tremendous opportunity to observe animals in all manner of emotional states and consider how their behavior casts light on the emotions of human children. Divided into two parts, this book first discusses six emotional behaviors that are shared by children and animals: fear, play, freedom, care, spirituality, and resilience. Part two considered children's place in a society that so often devalues animals"--P. [4] of cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.