People tend to empathize more readily with those who look and act like themselves, but this selectiveness is not innate says a new study. I recently stumbled across a fascinating piece in the New York Times discussing empathy experiments with rats. According to researchers, when a rat...
Read OnA lot of the education-based research we’ve relied on to support ARC’s mission and our curriculum is based off of lengthy scientific research articles that are often difficult and time consuming to work through. That’s why it was so refreshing to stumble across this brief, teacher-based...
Read OnWe teach children that one way to show affection is through hugging. And understandably, kids in turn often try to hug dogs much like they’d snuggle with a beloved stuffed animal. It’s a sweet image. A couple of years ago, though, a study came out indicating that dogs actually dislike hugs....
Read OnThere are countless picture books about children and animals, and we love that they offer the opportunity to teach valuable lessons in a sometimes earnest, sometimes hilarious way. They often show how similar the emotions of kids and animals are, and highlight the importance of kindness,...
Read OnI remember vividly the day my husband Tom walked through the door of our NYC apartment, straight from Chicago, with the red dog carrier over his shoulder and inside the small, terrified ruby red Cavalier King Charles Spaniel named Frisco. Frisco had been rescued from a puppy mill auction outside of...
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