Question by Little Loulou: do i need to put my foot down?
my 11 year old daughter lost 7 family members and 11 pets in less than 6 months. she has a cat named chowder who she treats like a prince. she uses all her money on him and never wants to leave his site. he has a small dressed filled with his close. the dresser is small, it only has 3 draws but still for 1 cat that’s alot. she pays someone 25 dollars a week to watch him while she is at school and she texts her cat sitter after every period. my daughter will not feed chowder dry cat food only can food and won’t let him eat on the floor. he sits in a high chair by a kid table and she trained him to pee and poop in the toilet. once a week my daughter cooks him fish tuna and chicken.and the one thing i can not stand is the fact we can’t go any were pets are not allowed because chowder has to come with u.s and i can’t Touch my daughter because the cat is always in her lap and growls at me because he thinks im going to hurt her. i really don’t mind how she pampers the cat but if chowder dies she will have a fit and i don’t know if she can handel another death. and i can’t handle her getting depressed again. should i make her stop acting like a cat is a baby or should i let her have her fun with her “baby”

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Answer by Lightmass
Yes, I would do something about it. Sometimes after people experience an number of losses they hold on to something extremely hard, the cat. If I were you, I’d get her some mental counseling being the cat finally does go, nothing lives forever.

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