Raising pets seems to be more and more common nowadays in China owing to the fact that people’s life is improved enormously. As pets become an important part of people’s daily life, it intrigues an issue that whether the pets should be regarded as family members. As far as I am concerned, pets are supposed to be treated like family members, and, a number of reasons can be listed. People raise pets for numerous reasons, and among all the possible ones, finding a company seems to make sense greatly. If pets are used to accompany the lonely people, they definitely ought to be seen as family members. In our age, many people are busy at work or meeting the fierce competitions, having no time to share thoughts with their parents, thus, the older the parents become, and the lonelier they will feel deep inside. In this occasion, older people raise some pets to help relieve their solitary. They regard the pet dogs or cats as their newly born children and whisper to these amiable animals. Raising pets can also bring happiness to the family, in this regard; pets should be taken as members of family. It often can be seen that the whole family are playing with pets, buying specialized food and other stuffs for amusement and the laughter are brimming in the air, what a great atmosphere is in the house. Take another example, many children come back from school in a rush and directly head home, because they are worried about whether their animals are in hunger and eager to play with their little pets as soon as possible, in this sense, pets are regarded as children’s intimate peers and maybe their beloved younger brothers. We can safely draw the conclusion from this description that treating pets as family members are helpful for children’s growth, especially for their psychological development. From what has been discussed above, it is absolutely beneficial if the pets are treated as family members. And what counts most is, owning pets like your little children or little brothers or sisters, you will be given a lesson on how to care about others and some sort of liability.
养宠物似乎越来越普遍，如今在中国，由于人们的生活大大提高。当宠物成为人们日常生活的重要组成部分，它引起的宠物是否应被视为家庭成员的问题。就我而言，宠物应该像对待家庭成员，而且，有许多原因可以列出。人们养宠物的原因很多，而在所有可能的，找到一个公司似乎意义很大。如果宠物是用来陪伴孤独的人，他们绝对应该被视为家庭成员。在我们的时代，许多人都忙于工作或会议上激烈的竞争，因此，没有时间和父母交流思想，年长的父母成为孤独，和他们内心深处的感受。在这种情况下，老年人养一些宠物来帮助他们减轻孤独。他们把宠物狗或猫作为他们新出世的孩子，这些可爱的动物的耳语。养宠物也能给家庭带来幸福，在这方面；宠物应该作为家庭成员。它经常可以看见，全家人和宠物玩耍，娱乐和笑声买专门的食物和其他东西都充满在空气中，在家里一个伟大的气氛是什么。再举一个例子，很多孩子从学校回来的匆忙，直接回家，因为他们担心他们的动物在饥饿和渴望玩他们的小宠物尽快，从这个意义上说，宠物是孩子的亲密同行，也许他们心爱的弟弟。我们可以得出结论，这说明治疗宠物作为家庭成员都有助于孩子的成长，尤其是他们的心理发展。通过上面的讨论，如果宠物视为家庭成员，这绝对是有益的。什么是最重要的，拥有的宠物喜欢你的小孩或小兄弟或姐妹，你会得到一个教训，如何关心别人和某种责任。