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\u201cI swear, my baby Charmaine is why I am late to everything!\u201d, my teacher Stacey Brass Russell<\/a> affectionately explained at the beginning of class after rushing her way into the practice room at YogaMaya<\/a> in Chelsea. \u201cAnytime I try to leave the house, she gives me this look that says, \u2018Mommy, don\u2019t go!\u2019, and it breaks my heart! Ahh!\u201d. <\/span><\/p>\n

Charmaine, the perpetual cause of Stacey\u2019s tardiness, is not a human child but an adorable one-eyed grey Tabby cat. <\/span><\/p>\n

In recent years, pet owners are now referring to their cats and dogs as \u201cfur babies\u201d and proudly considering themselves \u201cpet parents\u201d. From carting fur babies around in specially designed \u201cpet strollers\u201d, to exorbitant vet bills, pet owners exhibit the affectionate attachment to their pets as parents have for their children. It is common for pet parents to refer to their furry friend as their \u201cson\u201d or \u201cdaughter\u201d. <\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Susan Maushart, a mother of three and a pet owner, furiously expressed in the Huffington Post that people who call themselves \u201cpet parents\u201d are completely delusional<\/span>, having a pet and rearing a child have as much in common as a goldfish has to Godzilla. Child rearing is worlds different because a parent has to teach their child life lessons like,\u201cSay no to drugs\u201d as well as enforce discipline<\/span>. Maushart also blatantly states that dogs are not intelligent just because we can expect them to \u201cheal\u201d or enjoy table scraps<\/span>. \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

However, Maushart does not see the value of being a pet parent gives us as individuals and to our impersonal and love-deficient modern society. According to the Bhakti Yoga tradition, it is our soul\u2019s natural disposition to love and love is necessary in order to have good physical health<\/span>. What helps us to grow in our capacity for unconditional love is when we are in care another. Regardless if we are caring for a \u00a0human child or a pet, we are undeniably responsible for the well-being and thriving of another living soul. Thus, the term \u201cparenting\u201d is not just exclusive to those who raise human offspring. <\/span><\/p>\n

Perhaps deepening the care we give to our dog or cat will help us to become more humane<\/a> ourselves. In referring to ourselves as \u201cpet parents\u201d as opposed to \u201cpet owners\u201d, we will understand that animals deserve to not be treated as mere property and subjected to the whims of circumstance or convenience. It is my hope that seeing our domesticated furries as more than just pets will be the much-needed antidote that softens the heart of a cynical world. Even if our Charmaine makes us late for everything, she helps grow our natural capacity to love<\/a> by a million. <\/span>
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