If you’re raising children alongside animals, you’ll want species that are gentle, patient, and relatively safe to handle. The best choices are calm around noise and movement, easy to manage, and ...

It doesn’t get much cuter than this. Rowan Testerman, 9, lounges in a floppy yellow chair with a cottony black kitten named Biloxi curled on his shoulder. “I feel a buzzing noise,” Rowan says, ...