Pets may or may not help fend off developing allergies but they will help keep the house from being antiseptically clean.
By Melinda Wenner

Pets do an awful lot for kids: they teach them about unconditional love, responsibility, death and, of course, pooper scoopers. But does a dog or cat also keep a child from developing allergies? Despite decades of research, the short answer is still a frustrating “maybe.”

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