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Problem Pet

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Dr Grace Lockrobin

This is a provocation to prompt children to make an argument revealing the criteria they believe should distinguish pets from treasured objects or other animals.

The same strategy could be used for other concepts, for example: Can a book be a friend? Could a robot be...

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