r/IllegallySmolCats 2d ago

Smol and Snoozy My 9 year old daughter’s Christmas present 🎁

Adopted last Wednesday at 10 weeks old 💜

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u/nea4u 2d ago

Pets aren't gifts and you should not have ingrained that in your daughter...

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u/lydiaxaddams 1d ago

Sour puss, did you ever pause to think maybe the kid wanted a kitten?

I wanted a dog. I used my 8th birthday to convince my mom and I got my puppy.

There is nothing wrong with a parent giving their young child a pet. It would be a different story if the daughter were grown, living independently, and given a pet she did not ask for. That's not the case here.

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u/Several-Cycle8290 1d ago

My daughter has been begging for a kitten and we as a family have been looking for the best timing for an additional pet. This wasn’t impulsive at all. Our older cat just showed up to our doorstep 5 years ago and he’s definitely a mommas boy so my daughter felt like she missed out on the tiny kitten years with our older cat, he was 4-5 months old when he showed up and my daughter was also very young. She wanted to experience having a tiny kitten so we decided financially and other situations wise it’s a good timing to get the additional cat we as a family have been wanting. We let our daughter pick and cat she can bond with so she can have a pet that is “hers” since she feels our boy is “moms”