My daughter just turned five, and she is fascinated with many things.
One of her favorite topics of conversation is about baby animals. We are planning a trip to Australia, and she talks about holding a baby koala and getting to see baby kangaroos while she is there. She just got a new puppy for her birthday, and that puppy has three babies. Thankfully they are stuffed and not real. She loves animals of all kinds, but the baby ones seem to attract her attention the most.Â
Perhaps her love of baby animals comes from the fact that she can relate to them the most. They are small, like she is, and they have a mommy and daddy, just like she does. Baby animals also need to be cared for, just like she does, and they are not old enough to venture off on their own. They are also cute, and children love things that are cute and cuddly. The babies are often close to their moms at all times, and most young children can identify with this. They spend much of their day with mom also, so it only makes sense that they feel a connection with something else that does the same thing.
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