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How to tell the kids about death

How to explain the loss of a pet to your child.

 

Health roundup: Dogs may boost babies' health

Kids & Dogs

Babies who spend their first year in homes with dogs have fewer colds and ear infections and need fewer antibiotics than babies in pet-free homes, a new study from Finland shows. Babies who live with cats also seem to have a health advantage, but it's not as big.

 

Boy, 6, is bitten in face by family dog

A 6-year-old boy was bitten in the face by the family dog, possibly a pit bull, Tuesday afternoon in the Swampoodle section of North Philadelphia, police said.

 

911 Tapes in Child's Python Death: 'The Baby's Dead!'

A distraught caller trying to save the life of a 2-year-old Florida girl strangled by a pet python screamed 'The baby's dead!' in chilling 911 tapes released in the toddler's death.

 

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