I don't have kids, nor do I change them. I'm just saying it happens.
More destructive: Pets or Babies?
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I don't have kids, nor do I change them. I'm just saying it happens.
Agreed.
But to answer the question, I'd say it's a toss up.
This. And if I did that, i'd be the bad guy.
Yep. As other people have mentioned, Social Services gets pissed if you don't pick your kids up at the end of the day. No fun.
Some children are naturally destructive, no matter how well you keep an eye on them. Yes, pets do damage, but nothing compared to rampaging toddlers. My older son was one of those quiet destructive types who required us to lock the bathroom door from the outside to stop him from flooding the bathroom. Thankfully he broke smaller possessions rather than cabinet doors and major appliances, but he was still a nightmare. At least we've owned our own homes so don't have to deal with an irate landlord. It must be more of a nightmare to have a destructive child in rented accommodation.
I . . . have to go and get them? Damn. My overdue fees are going to be through the ROOF!
Babies. Pets generally just ruin objects. Kids ruin lives.
There's always a catch.
Naah, kittens are much cuter than babies. Babies wouldn't be so bad if they could be trained to use a litterbox.
Children, by far. Then again, I've only owned dogs, the good kind of pet. It would be a hard choice if I was stuck with a cat (claw crap up then cough up hairballs, while peeing on something that will NEVER smell right again) or something like a ferret (ditto on the never small right again thing).
Pets; I once had a smallish dog who we left alone for one work day, and when we got home, it looked like the house had been ransacked.
Since you started it I'll continue the dog vs. cat ting:
Just walking on hardwood floors will ruin the floors if it's dogs doing the walking.
Cats usually claw things that give resistance (fabric on furniture i.e.) dogs will try to 'dig' through a door if they want to get to the other side of it.
Dogs get frustrated when left all alone at home and tend to act out this frustration on anything within reach -cats'll just sleep.
All animals might leave a puddle every now and then, though I've never met a cat (be it an indoor or an outdoor one) that didn't know how to use a litter-box, any pet smell can be removed using the right sort of cleaning agent (though you can't remove whatever it is allergic people react to).
Fom my own personal experience, pets. I've had dogs absolutely do the worst over the years. Chew furniture, walls, carpeting, moldings. Many years ago the dog we had just adopted ripped all of the large plants and indoor trees we had in pots out of their pots and drag them throughout the house. OMFG. She eventually settled down and became the most awesome dog ever. But boy, early on she was demonic!
Just like children!
I have neither.
I don't think I've ever seen a force so destructive as a 3 year old boy. It's like having a pocket-sized hurricane in your house.
Kids win this easily.
I suppose they get a pass because they tend to grow out of it, while a dog will always be a dog. Also, being the same species as the owner give them some benefits, I suppose.
I suppose they get a pass because they tend to grow out of it, while a dog will always be a dog. Also, being the same species as the owner give them some benefits, I suppose.
I heard an interesting story where a daycare center started fining parents for being late picking up their kids. The goal was to get them to pick them up on time. To their surprise, more parents started being late to pick up their kids. They realized that parents were using the "fine" system to extend daycare hours. So they took away the fine, only to find out that parents still were late picking up their kids (by adding fines, they took away the guilt of being late).
I think the original point of that story was economic, but I like looking at it from a parenting angle too
This alone will cause an exponential amount of grief/destruction...