July 31, Andrea Laurent-Simpson, a sociologist who researches family/human-animal interactions and emerging infectious diseases at SMU Dallas, for a piece that identifies our pet/people “multispecies” families and advocates how employers, businesses and society can best accommodate this new unit. Published in FoxNews Digital under the heading Andrea Laurent-Simpson: ‘Dog Mom’ and more – we’re living in multispecies families now. Here’s what it means: https://fxn.ws/2TKg5zJ
The evidence of new families blended with people and pets arrived long before we considered what to call them.
“Multispecies families” captures the scientific essence, but the lifestyle and character of this four-legged/two-legged companion coalescence is far-reaching and even comes with a glossary: Dog Mom; Puppy Child; Baby Doll; GrandCat; Daddy’s Girl. And on and on.