Psychology Today, How Animals Help Family Court Judges Make Better Decisions

Judge Rosa Figarola (Ret.) talked with Wendy Lyons Sunshine on how the human-animal bond can inform domestic violence and child placement cases during Animal Cruelty Prevention Month. Children, especially, tend to remain quiet about domestic problems they witness or experience. Often, in “these families, kids have been indoctrinated not to talk to people about what’s happening in the house,” says Figarola. “Kids are smart and know that they’re being brought into court; they may have fears that they’re going to be removed.”

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