I think that if you refer to your pets as your children or call yourself a "pet parent" the that's fine and good but if you then have a human biological child you need to refer to the pet as that kid's "older sibling" the dog your adopted before the human kid is the big brother
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Mutant, librarian, poet, union rabble rouser, dog, Ashkenazi Jewish. Neuroweird, bodyweird, mostly sleepy.
I write about transformative justice, community, love, Judaism, Neurodivergence, mental health, Disability, geography, rivers, labor, and libraries; through poetry, opinionated essays, and short fiction.
I review Schoolhouse Rock! songs at @PropagandaRock
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