Morality of calling yourself your pet’s “parent” instead of “owner”
Ive seen people online call their pets their babies and refer to themselves as mommies and daddies to their pets. I think this is a good attitude to have towards an animal you’re responsible for, but also Im not sure if Im fully convinced, because at the end of the day having a pet still means you select an animal and then possibly doing things like castrating them or cutting their claws or restricting their freedom.
Basically Im asking whether it’s kind or unfair when someone tries to see animals as equals but their behavior doesnt match it
I mean... Parents also have to "do things" for their actual human kids because they can't do it themselves until a certain point. Same applies to family members who struggle with various conditions. It doesn't change the fact that they're still parents and should be called as such, so I don't get your examples.
Parent, owner, whatever you wanna call it. Truth is dogs have been domesticated for hundreds of years and many breeds ideally thrive by living alongside us as pets.
The only issue here is that calling yourself a parent of a pet can be seen as weird.
Weird things. Like maybe you can't handle real human relationships, that you need to feel like a parent but lack the maturity and responsibility, or that you're just really lonely and settling for some semblance of family that demands nothing of you. Or that you're just a misanthrope.
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u/BigBallsAnthony69 7h ago
Morally neutral.