Paw Buddies

Gun violence is the most common cause of death for American children. Due to their still developing brain, a school shooting trauma attacks their sense of security at a place where they should feel the safest. This strike a horrific fear in them, giving birth to PTSD in children. As a result, they shut themselves from the world and fight with their nightmares alone. Every night!!!

Research shows that people with pets overcome PTSD faster. Why not, in exchange for a little love and care, animals give us the company that we need? But everyone cannot have a pet. So, here come the Paw Buddies, the children's partners in PTSD. You can install them on your smartphone. Select your favorite one, name it and customize its look according to your preference. You can play mini-games with it, go on various online tours with it, take it on a walk, feed it, and listen to its brave stories about how it overcame its fears. Not only this, you can even connect with it on WhatsApp, Instagram, and Snapchat to read its feed, and you both can also do a timepass together. It will send you a notification to ask about your boring classes, extroverted friends, fight with your brother, and your bucket list. You can also connect with other pet owners in the community section, discussing yourself and your pet.

It will aid children in dealing with their trauma and realizing that it's okay not to be okay. Little by little, they will become mentally stronger. As the years go by, they will grow old with their dog and pass on their dog's child to their child to make them stronger. And then the cycle will go on, with Pet Buddies becoming a VR pet soon.