When the family cat set off on his usual stroll to school with the kids, his owner wasn't expecting him to get a personal ...

For children, cats can be great companions and good teachers. "Living with a cat can help build a child's self-esteem, teach them responsibility and help them learn empathy," Harrison told Newsweek.

Children with cats were nearly three times more likely than children without cats to have been diagnosed with a mental health problem. Cat-owning kids had significantly more attention problems, ...

In a new study that assessed seventeen research reports from eleven countries, scientists determined that cat ownership has a significant link to the risk of schizophrenia. When children lived in a ...

Adopting a cat can make a big difference for kids with autism, new research suggests. Children with the developmental disorder showed increased empathy and experienced fewer problem behaviors after ...

For example, 15.5 percent of the children without a dog or cat in the home were allergic to cats compared to 11.6 percent with one cat or dog and 7.7 percent with two or more pets in their home.

Parents of a child with autism might wonder if a pet cat would be a good fit for the family. Now, research suggests both children with autism and cats benefit when a feline joins the household.

Cats may help kids with autism It's believed that children with pets by and large have better social skills than those without. Author: lovepets.com (KSDK) ...