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1、別把寵物當(dāng)孩子 Incaseyoumissedit，avideolastweekshowedaminiaturehorseeatingabowlofcarrots―fromahighchair1.Ahighchair.Yes，really. Somepeoplewereappalled，somewereamused，somesimplycouldn’tbelievethatsomeone，somewhereputahorseinahighchair. Butperhapsitshouldn’tbeallthatsurpr
2、ising―itmightseemabsurd，butitmightalsobethelogicalextensionofthegrowingtrendoftreatinganimalsashumanandtreatingpetsaschildren，equivalenttothetoddler2whoeatsfromthesamechair. Examplesofthisattitudeareeverywhere，andrangefromtheinnocenttothenear-insane.Somepeopledress
3、uptheirpetsforHalloween，throwthembirthdayparties3，orcreatesocialmediaaccountsforthem.Therearenowfive-starcatresorts，offeringspaservices，finedining，andfour-posterbeds4.Yogastudiosnowoffer“doga”5classestoteachdownwarddog―todogs.Fancyboutiquesselldesignerpetpantiesandb
4、ikinis，anddoctorswillperformcosmeticsurgeryincaseyourpetneedsafacelift. Shouldanyofthiscauseconcern？Shouldwejustsmileandnodwhenpeoplecalltheirpetstheirkidsandtreatthemassuch？ShouldweshrugofftheFacebookpage“AnimalsarePeopleToo”and“MyChildhasFourPaws”bumperstickers？6
5、 No.Becauseanimalsaren’tpeople.Andpetsaren’tchildren. Pointingoutbasicbiologicalrealitiesshouldn’ttriggeroutrageoroffense，butwhenitcomestopetstoday，itoftendoes. Thereseemstobeconfusionaboutthedifferencebetweenpetsandchildrenandanincreasinglylargegroupofpeoplewhog
6、enuinelybelievethathavingapetisthesamethingasbeingaparent.Theyadoptthelanguageofparenthoodwiththeirpets，callingthemselves“mommy”or“daddy”whentalkingtotheir“furkid7，”“baby，”“or“child，”forexample. Ofcourse，it’sonethingtousesuchlanguagelightly，asaninnocentexpressionof
7、loveorareflectionofthegreatjoyanddeepbondsthatpets，likechildren，cancreate. It’squiteanothertousethislanguageliterally8. Wordsmatter.Usinginaccuratelabelsforthingsdoesn’tjustblurtheveryreallinesbetweenpetsandpeople；itcanleadtodangerousdelusions9.Whatifawomanstartst
8、hinkingsheknowswhatamomoftwokidsisgoingthroughbecauseshe’sa“mom”totwocats？Whatifamanbelieveshavingababywon’tbemuchdifferentthanbeinga“dad”
