Some friends of ours asked us to take care of their 5-month old kitten for a few months while they were transitioning. So, now we have Darla. Brian calls her our cat-child. It's our first experience in parenting. She's been a sweet cat, although she is also quite noisy.
Brian and I jokingly came up with this list of how parenting a cat-child is the same as parenting a human-child:
1. When she is bad, you just squirt her with a water bottle.
2. When you leave during the day, just lock her in the bathroom.
3. Be sure to leave plenty of water and food on the floor where she can easily find it.
4. To encourage good litter box training, be sure to clean it daily.
5. Pet her until she purrs. If she's not purring, keep petting her. Make her love you.
6. Never feed her from the table.
7. She is quite easily entertained by a string. In fact, you can make her chase it in circles until she gets dizzy.
