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@article{item_3429926,
title = {{How do children value animals? A developmental review}},
author = {Neldner, Karri and Wilks, Matti},
language = {eng},
issn = {2750-6649},
doi = {10.5964/phair.9907},
year = {2022},
abstract = {{From a young age, children are deeply curious about animals. Stable patterns exist in the types of {\textless}br{\textgreater}attitudes children display towards different kinds of animals: they love pets, value animals that are {\textless}br{\textgreater}beautiful, and fear snakes and spiders (Borgi {\&} Cirulli, 2015, https://doi.org/{\textless}br{\textgreater}10.2752/089279315X14129350721939). Until recently, we{\textquoteright}ve known little about what children think {\textless}br{\textgreater}about the moral standing of animals, particularly relative to other entities, including humans. In {\textless}br{\textgreater}this review, we synthesize the literature examining children{\textquoteright}s perceptions of the moral worth of {\textless}br{\textgreater}animals. We present factors about the animal, and factors about the judge (the child), shown to {\textless}br{\textgreater}impact children{\textquoteright}s evaluations of animal moral worth. Based on current evidence, we make the {\textless}br{\textgreater}claim that children grant animals a high moral standing early on in childhood, but that this {\textless}br{\textgreater}decreases during late childhood, throughout adolescence, and into adulthood. We provide some {\textless}br{\textgreater}suggestions for the cognitive and cultural mechanisms that might drive these differences, and {\textless}br{\textgreater}make recommendations for the field going forward.}},
journal = {{PHAIR. Psychology of Human-Animal Intergroup Relations}},
volume = {1},
}