Sometimes I think Chinese are good at simplifying things too much. All Chinese people strongly believe (and have been told by doctors) that they shouldn't have pets when they're pregnant. Just now I was talking about giving away my cats to some of the students here and one of the students said she couldn't have them because she wanted to get pregnant. I told her that the book that I'm reading on Child Psychology and Development doesn't say anything about a problem with pets. She asked me to show her so I looked on-line for some information and all it said was that the litter box should be cleaned once a day, a pregnant woman should stay away from an outdoor cat (which don't exist here in Dalian cause it's impossible to let them out and back in living in an apartment), the pets should go to the veterinarian regularly and get their vaccinations, and they should help the pet get used to the idea of having a baby. So I think that Chinese people are just simplifying too much, it's too much of a hassle to teach so many people about how to have a baby properly with a pet so instead they are just told that they shouldn't do it period.
http://www.kidsdirect.net/BD/infants/pets.htm
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