How can your family benefit from having a dog, cat, or fish? Here are some ways having a pet can pay off for your kids.

When I was a kid, a pet changed my life. It was not our family’s lovable mutt Frisky, or even Murphy, my pet duck. No, it was a four-foot yellow rat snake named Fred I got for three bucks when I was ...

As U.S. fertility rates hit record lows, more Americans are redefining what family looks like, and for many, that means ...

Kali Bauer, 35, is among the growing number of Americans choosing to be a dog or cat parent instead of having children. She adopted her dog, a light-brown, mixed-breed named Dexter, when she was 31 ...

This article follows the Direct Message methodology, designed to cut through the noise and reveal the deeper truths behind the stories we live. There’s a big difference between people who just own ...

Conventional wisdom (and Pope Francis) have suggested that as people increasingly forgo having children, pets are becoming surrogate kids. But a recent working paper out of Taiwan challenges this ...

Uncertainty is forcing young adults in their 20s and 30s to hold off on having kids. But they are still getting pets. Kali Bauer, 35, is among the growing number of Americans choosing to be a dog or ...