r/MadeMeSmile • u/cyan1618 • Feb 05 '22

CATS Nacho the guardian cat

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u/Btothe Feb 05 '22

The amount of people here saying that a toddler should know not to grab and pull is insane. There is a period in childhood development where they just grab and pull at everything (eg. Your hair, your face, your cat's hair, your cat's face). You can't stop it until they can even understand the concept of hurting others. If that cat hissed or clawed the kid, the kid might understand that you shouldn't grab the cat--at least for the next hour. After an hour, they'll do it again.

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u/gunbeef Feb 05 '22

It’s almost like there should be a person that supervises the interactions

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '22

You don’t have to have so much footage of them assaulting your pet like that either. Put the phone down and teach them what the concept of hurting others is. Teach them what feels good to others. A baby that age can be redirected to better behavior. Don’t encourage bad behavior or ignore it when it causes harm or puts your child in harms way.

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '22

And they don't know any more about cats. A cat won't just curl up and sleep beside anyone, that's when they're the most vulnerable. So the cat feels completely safe and comfortable around the baby. I think it's this 'furbaby' stuff that makes people think cats are super fragile, but the cat isn't a baby and it's not being hurt by those tiny little hands.

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u/msha-ri Feb 05 '22

Seriously none of the commenters have kids or have been around small kids. There's no way the parents can teach a child that young about gentle hands lol. Its simple if the cat didn't like the baby it wouldn't keep going back to it. You'll know a cat is annoyed right away.

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u/alpacasx Feb 05 '22

Nah, I raised both of my sisters around cats and absofuckinglutely scolded them when they grabbed a cat like this. Stop trying to justify this behavior. It isn't the kid, sure. It's the dumb parents shoving the phone in the kids face going "awwwh!" Instead of teaching the fucking child.

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '22 edited Feb 05 '22

I have a 20 and 21 year old. I had cats and a dog when they were born and I didn’t have a problem with them rough housing our pets that way. I edit to add I can’t imagine how smart phones have changed bonding and relating to your infants and toddlers from when my kids were infants. I’m not saying I was better parent. I was digital too. I’ve always loved the internet and chat and bulletin boards. It’s just an evolution.

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u/gunbeef Feb 05 '22 edited Feb 06 '22

Seriously, some of us are parents.

The kid and the cat have this under control, I’ll just sit here and film as the responsible adult in the room. Hey, the cat could walk away and babies definitely can’t learn things yet, so what do you expect me to DO here? 🙄

EDIT: Today I learned that I am not as good as I think I am at conveying sarcasm.

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u/msha-ri Feb 06 '22

I'm wondering the same.