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Rice University Using Dogs to De-stress Students

If you’ve ever taken a test, particularly at the college-level, you know it can be a stressful time.

To help students de-stress, Rice University in Houston, TX recently brought in 34 therapy dogs to provide a study break for the students during finals week.

I wish my alma mater (Kent State) had thought of this!

Until next time,
Good day, and good dog!

Special Boy; Special Dog

Michele Asselin for The New York Times
When a friend referred me to this article from the NY Times, I glanced at it and the first thing I noticed was that it was 8 pages long.  Since I have the attention span of a housefly, I couldn’t imagine reading the whole thing, but I was hooked from the first paragraph.  As an adoptive mother of disabled children, I recognized the struggles this Atlanta family was facing after adopting a boy and a girl from Russia.
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