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https://scmp.com/lifestyle/families/article/1792787/not-sure-about-having-kids-try-caring-pet-first
Lifestyle/ Family & Relationships

Not sure about having kids? Try caring for a pet first

It's common for couples to adopt a cat or dog before they have children to see how well they "co-parent", says a marriage and family therapist

Caring for a pet and raising a child are far different.Photo: TNS

First pets, then children. That has always been Sandra Magura's theory, so that's the course the 34-year-old children's author followed. After marrying in 2008, she and her husband, Josh, bought a house and revisited that daunting question: Do we want to have kids?

"We had talked about having kids before, but he told me that up until he met me, he had no plans on ever having them," Magura says.