Kek! I didn't used to care when people were like that. Now that I've had my own actual children, the thought of calling a pet a child is actually sad, and insulting. It's like saying that a small but loyal thing you feed and touch once in a while took the same love and self sacrifice as things that never stops demanding something of you, Rob's you of almost every night of sleep you have for decades, costs more than the government wants anyone to be able to earn, takes twice as long or more to stop supporting, and have a 50/50 shot of spending the rest of their lives telling you you're garbage for it all.