The young author - who wrote “Everything is Illuminated” and more recently “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close” - wrote this nice Op Ed piece for the NY Times.
Folk parental wisdom and behavioral studies alike generally view the relationships children have with companion animals as beneficial. But one does not have to be a child to learn from a pet. It is precisely my frustrations with George, and the inconveniences she creates, that reinforce in me how much compromise is necessary to share space with other beings.
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