To acknowledge and further the bond between children and animals, American pet lifestyle expert Colleen Paige founded National Kids and Pets Day in 2005. Welcoming an animal into your home and making it part of the family is an important moment in people’s lives and does change the way they live. Animal behaviorist and founder of Citizen K9, Raj Mariwala says that although people are fond of the idea that kids and animals go really well together, the process of introducing your kids to pets needs to be done very carefully.