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What you fail to understand is I also worry about people that think they can have a fulfilling emotional relationship with a turtle or a fish or a sea urchin. I don't think that is healthy. Yes you can have one with cats and dogs, large parrots and certain other animals. I do with my furry friends. But it not the same as being with someone or having kids and raising them. Good pets are more like a really good desert after you had a meal. You shouldnt just live on cake and ice cream.
no I agree with your worry 100%
but I also have met people who get fulfillment from providing such creature with the best care we overgrown apes can provide.
I agree that people who call their pets their “kids” but don’t have any business caring for them are a problem.
I just don’t agree that the issue is the nomenclature some use for their charges is the issue. It’s the care that matters. Not the verbiage. It’s a case of “well these people say this and are bad so therefore everyone who says or thinks the same thing is also bad”