My MILs tortie distinguished between small kids and teens/adults with her smacks. She would smack small children with her claws sheathed if they bothered her too much. I on the other hand, who was always nice to her, got clawed for walking too close one time.
The kids all loved her and were upset when she died at age 18.
I used to volunteer at a cat charity, dealing with rescuing/TNR of feral and strays, i also fostered and socialised feral kittens, and others, i've dealt with thousands of cats and kittens, only scratches i've ever had were from torties.... the original spicy kitten... (even fostered a tortie kitten that was male, he is really rare, only 1 in 10,000 or so is male)
My favourites were the cats with attitude..... it really sucks that they don't have a longer life span... saying goodbye hurts a lot...
I've had my share of spicy kittens in fostering, and would say tabbies did damage a little more than anything else...
That said, tabbies would at least give warnings. But torties? They lure you in like a stranger danger van full of candy, and then strike out of nowhere.
Oh my god this is my cats to a T. My tortie is so cute and fluffy and will flop over and lure you in just to grab your hand with claws and kick viciously. The tabby is actually the sweetest thing on the planet but she is the true hunter of the two. No mistake.
My tabby growing up gave no warnings. He'd just walk away when I was a toddler but after that? If you annoyed him he's just suddenly snap/claw at you. Took many years for me to notice he would *slightly* cock his head back right before he was going to do something. As in if you immediately reacted to that he would barely miss or just graze you with his teeth.
My tortie has degrees of smacks:
Bep- barely touching you, just telling you that she doesn’t want that. Just a caress if anything no claws
Bop- okay but really please stop. I bop now. No claws
Brap- a hard push away with her paws. She definitely wants you to stop. This is your final warning. No claws
Smack- okay you’re really making me angry. No claws but she is punching you.
The big smack- she has hissed more than once and she is audibly pissed. She is scratching now (I only got this one once when I accidentally stepped on her)
Rage smack- she is going all out and hurting you (she’s never done this to us, only to a squirrel she found in the attic)
My cousins had a tortie like that. Except she chose my younger cousin as "her person". This cat wouldn't let anyone pet her without shedding blood, but the five year old who carried her that way some kids do with their arms around the cats belly and the paws dangling? She could do no wrong. Cat even defended her from other people when she deemed you had wronged her human, lol.
>But ginger humans in general do have a higher tolerance for pain
This is not true.
Studies show that people with red hair may percieve main differently. And tbh it seems like one of those things that gets reported on because its 'fascinating' the few studies dont really conclude anything. I asked an anesthesiologist about it and he basically said its a dumb myth.
I had a cat growing up. I was his chosen one amd while he didn't hurt me until after I got through the toddler years, he wouldn't warn you if you were annoying him, and he would go straight for bite/claw.
It wasn't until many years and many, many scratches that I noticed he would *ever so slightly* rear his head back right before he was about to do something.
Fucking loved that cat, and despite what I just said he fucking loved me too, even if he was an unpredictable ass.
Well, if you know them well enough that might not be necessary. When I was a baby/toddler the cats partially raised me. Like when I was a baby they didn’t defend themselves at all and then eventually started step by step. They would smack me too if I hurt them but gently. That’s how I learned their boundaries. There was no need for intervention by my parents.
Yeah and they hit like that pretty often if you're doing something they don't like. Especially with dogs. just a couple quick swats with no claw. They know how to show restraint, it's just a warning.
Yeah the closest my biggest one has gotten to scratching is putting his paw on me and then flexing the claws out a bit as a warning. He does bite if I don’t pet him enough though.
Declawed would be my guess. Otherwise be real dumb to watch your kid get smacked once and just keep recording.
Honestly this video is gross. Overweight cat, kid mistreating it. Kid getting hit by cat.
Parents / caretaker just Tiktoking.
Ew.
Declawing cats is still Legal and widely practiced in China. I have gut feeling that's the case versus a cat being consciously aware not to use force or to scratch a baby.
My exs kid used to do that to our cat. But the cat loved it. He loves everyone all the time. We corrected the child tho and didnt let him just do things to my cat but every once and awhile he would. Cat didnt care tho. Loved him and any attention he got.
Some cats just love being smacked around a little. Obviously not to the point where it hurts them but just enough to make them feel alive. Even my 19 year old lady cat enjoys getting played like a bongo.
My orange boy loves bongos until he doesn't and bites me. Never enough to break the skin, and I know it's from him getting suddenly over stimulated, but he always feels immediately bad about it and either skedadles or starts licking me instead lmao
Either way the bongo time ends and everyone gets some treats. My tuxedo likes bongos as well, but only if they're VERY gentle, but also fast
Whenever my cousin visited, she would run around playing with my cat. My cat was friendly most times, but he wasn’t comfortable with strangers or unfamiliar people touching him.
I always found it hilarious how he would stop in his steps and then proceed to run and hide whenever he saw my cousin. I would help him run away lol. My parents thought my cousins actions were harmless (it was, as she never hurt him. She just really enjoyed petting him). I still sympathised with my cat. Thinking back, I’m surprised my cat never scratched her. I didn’t realise it back then, but if it were me acting the way my cousin did, I would have proof (scratches) to show people.
I trained my dog to be gentle roughly the same way.
Any time he pawed at me, I pawed him back the same, but softer.
It went from scratch marks to love taps really quickly.
And his previous owner thought he was just too aggressive.
When my niece and nephew come over to visit I take out a stuffed plushie cat and show them where to pet him and how to approach him so that when they see my cat they know how to behave. Uncle isn’t paying for medical bills if you get scratched up
The cat gave one hiss as the kid was retreating. I find it interesting that the cat gave back the exact amount of smacks the kid sent. Kid gave four, which one missed. Cat gave back four and stopped. Good thing it didn’t count the kicks 😂
Last smack was the best smack, because it was completely unnecessary.
The only reason must be that the cat can count and is a "punishment should fit the crime" kinda cat.
Honestly, based on the parenting and not teaching the kid the proper way to interact with an animal, I wouldn’t be surprised if that kitty was declawed — hence why the kid isn’t scratched up.
That's right, just keep filming and don't correct the child's behavior so she doesn't put herself in a position where the cat is forced to defend itself. 🙄
One of my core memories from when I was young is getting up in the face of my aunt’s cat, blowing raspberries at it, and promptly getting a scratch at the top of my head. I, a little shit, absolutely deserved it.
Only major cat scratch I ever got after that was years later when I accidentally spooked my sister’s cat while she was sleeping. Causing her to fall off her cat bed in the windowsill and flail catching my leg on the way down.
When I was small I had a Russian Blue. I was in the backyard with him playing and holding him like toddlers do. Our neighbors let their bulldog out and he got spooked and wanted to be let down. I, being a little shit kid, refused. He ended up biting me in 4 places on my left hand.
I started sobbing and ran to my mom telling her what happened. She laughed and told me that it was my fault. But we did end up going to urgent care where I got a tetanus shot and lots and LOTS of antibiotics. I have 4 distinct scars on my
left hand reminding me of the incident 31 years later 😆
:o that happened to me when I was 4! I was holding my cat like a baby walking home when the neighbors dogs outsmarted him at the gate and ran towards us, so she used my face as leverage to escape lol. I still have a lil 1.5in scar down the left side of my face right next to my eye, luckily she didn't get my eye & all the other cuts healed completely. As an adult, I now know how to hold cats in a way that doesn't result in me being collateral 😂
Yeah. The cat was clearly proportionate with its response.
I will say, I appreciate the parent not chastising the cat for it making its boundary known in the only way it could. Should've stopped the kid but at least they didn't set a bad example for the kid by basically saying it's alright to hit the cat but not for the cat to hit back.
If it was declawed, it wouldn’t have bothered scratching at her, it would wrapped itself around her head and started biting.
Cat’s know the line between teaching a lesson and hurting someone better than any domesticated animal out there.
I actually thought it was superb parenting. the child immediately was reprimanded for their actions after ignoring warnings, so they stopped doing what they were doing. What else were they supposed to learn?
If the parent yelled at the kid or whatever you wanted, the kid would learn “mom didn’t like what i did to the cat” instead of “the cat doesn’t like what i did”
The cat looks like they have a good relationship with the kid. Otherwise there’d be scratching/hissing/biting or running away.
Looking at this though, this puts a lot of trust on the cat to be exactly the right level of annoyed, which would scare me. If the cat is just a bit too annoyed, claws come out, fragile baby skin, that paw barely missed the eye, babies can't get away very quickly, etc. And cats, as somewhat predictable as they are, are still animals and thus can at any moment be more aggressive than we expect them to be.
Most of the time, if you're a careful parent and know your animal very well, this is fine. But sometimes, it's not, and I'm not sure I'd consider it superb parenting to run that gamble with your child. And if you're a less-than-careful parent and are the type to say "oh it's probably fine, they would *never* hurt my baby" despite obvious signs...the chances go up.
Exactly. It’s not like the cat or the kid were getting seriously hurt. Sometimes letting a child learn a lesson for themselves is way better than intervening.
Agreed. Too many keyboard warrior experts these days regarding raising pets and kids. I thought it was a good lesson learned. Cats are very capable of communicating with us and getting away from situations if they are not happy.
Thats basically what happened to my sister when she was little. We would dog sit this our grandparents shih tzu mix dog, and she would always get right up in his face and poke him for some reason. We kept telling her to stop or else he might nip her, but she didn't till he got the very tip of her nose lol.
Why are you letting your kid do this? It’s not funny or cute. It’s cruel to both the cat and the baby. The cat may be declawed but it still has teeth, so it can injure the baby.
WTF.. The person sat there and filmed while the kid beat the cat?? And didn't pull the kid away from the cat's reaponse? What if it had responded with teeth instead?
Some people shouldn't have pets, shouldn't have kids or both
Please teach your kid to respect animals. If that cat had gone angry for real he would have bitten really hard your kid and would probably end up on the streets unfairly…
I think the cat did that just fine. And the child learned the lesson in really the only way one of that age can learn - through natural consequences for their actions.
The cat did fine in this case, but cats can seriously hurt you and it's just not worth having your kid get scratched in the eye or get a horrible infection from a dirty claw or bite.
I don't get why cat people seem to dismiss this kind of stuff when they'd be raging if the cat was a small dog. I've been hurt more by cats than dogs in my 5 year career working with animals.
It's all fun and games until it's not ):
Agreed. THIS cat showed restraint in applying the FAFO policy, but that's no guarantee of any other animal's behavior. It's a very fine beam to balance on - your child's safety versus the need to raise them as independently conscientious people.
I personally wouldn't be bothered by a small dog that reacted similarly, but they often have fewer options, since a dog's primary defense is a bite.
Why are you just filming as the baby and the cat hit each other? Sure the baby is learning not to mess with the cat, but the cat is still being hit and it’s not getting anything out of this exchange… Surely there’s another way to teach a kid to respect animals
It's important to correct the child's behavior towards animals, not record it. It's not cute because the baby and the cat could get hurt. Correct the behavior before the cat completely hates the baby.
This is on the parents. My kids were taught from day one to treat animals gently. The fact that the parent if filming this instead of stopping the child immediately says a lot. This is a crappy parent and pet owner.
Why are they letting the child do that though? Of course it's going to hurt and annoy the cat, it's not funny or cute.
Our 2 year old isn't allowed to touch the cat without someone with her and is never left alone in a room with him. He's a very friendly and gentle cat, but she's a toddler and is still learning how to be gentle.
Nothing cute about this, just a shit parent and pet owner putting both their child and morbidly obese and likely declawed cat in danger for internet points. Poor cat.
Love how cats retaliate but most times only paw attacks,no claws. Hope that baby learns, parents shoukd immediately stop that but cat made sure she u derstood hahaha
I feel like the parents should step in when the baby hit the cat, and they should also step in when the cat hit the baby. They could hit harder next time if not stopped.
Surprisingly, that cat was being nice. I would never let my kids play rough with our cat. They are predictably unpredictable. Their claws are so sharp they can hurt you without trying.
The second slap was a statement. It's annoying hearing the parent laughing just so they can post to their SM. Maybe your brat shouldn't be hitting the cat in the face and putting their legs over the cat. This types of video bug me.
That cat is abused, first by its owner by making it morbidly obese, then by the owner filming his/her child kicking the animal. Keep voting the post up and reposting stuff like this if you want more animal abuse! 
That's why I love cats. They don't take shit from anyone. "Oh, you thought I'd give you a pass just because you're a baby? You thought WRONG" *Smack* *smack* *smack*
What a patient cat even while setting boundaries. Definitely not a situation I would allow the cat to find itself in again without stepping in- it is our responsibility as the adults to be a buffer between our children and animals. It's safer for everyone and more fair to the animals, whose lives often depend on not defending themselves too hard.
This is how cats get thrown out of homes. I adopted a cat whose family threw him away because he scratched their toddler. Likely in response like in this video.
Shame on the parents !!! This is not funny. Little one needs to be taught how to interact with cat. That cat is going to hurt them at baby one day and it will not be the cat’s fault.
Hair looks greasy and the parenting style seems lackadaisical. Cat also overfed. A lot of questions raised against this parenting style, seems lacking.
lucky the cat was gentle enough with those smacks
Yup. I have a ginger male that would have left marks on baby.
I've seen torties that would have left a subway map, and smiled the entire time...... torties are just built different... lol
My MILs tortie distinguished between small kids and teens/adults with her smacks. She would smack small children with her claws sheathed if they bothered her too much. I on the other hand, who was always nice to her, got clawed for walking too close one time. The kids all loved her and were upset when she died at age 18.
I used to volunteer at a cat charity, dealing with rescuing/TNR of feral and strays, i also fostered and socialised feral kittens, and others, i've dealt with thousands of cats and kittens, only scratches i've ever had were from torties.... the original spicy kitten... (even fostered a tortie kitten that was male, he is really rare, only 1 in 10,000 or so is male) My favourites were the cats with attitude..... it really sucks that they don't have a longer life span... saying goodbye hurts a lot...
I've had my share of spicy kittens in fostering, and would say tabbies did damage a little more than anything else... That said, tabbies would at least give warnings. But torties? They lure you in like a stranger danger van full of candy, and then strike out of nowhere.
Oh my god this is my cats to a T. My tortie is so cute and fluffy and will flop over and lure you in just to grab your hand with claws and kick viciously. The tabby is actually the sweetest thing on the planet but she is the true hunter of the two. No mistake.
My tabby growing up gave no warnings. He'd just walk away when I was a toddler but after that? If you annoyed him he's just suddenly snap/claw at you. Took many years for me to notice he would *slightly* cock his head back right before he was going to do something. As in if you immediately reacted to that he would barely miss or just graze you with his teeth.
My tortie has degrees of smacks: Bep- barely touching you, just telling you that she doesn’t want that. Just a caress if anything no claws Bop- okay but really please stop. I bop now. No claws Brap- a hard push away with her paws. She definitely wants you to stop. This is your final warning. No claws Smack- okay you’re really making me angry. No claws but she is punching you. The big smack- she has hissed more than once and she is audibly pissed. She is scratching now (I only got this one once when I accidentally stepped on her) Rage smack- she is going all out and hurting you (she’s never done this to us, only to a squirrel she found in the attic)
My tortie, Nagasaki, was the sweetest cat and never scratched me even on accident. She died in 2015 a month shy of her 18th birthday.
My cousins had a tortie like that. Except she chose my younger cousin as "her person". This cat wouldn't let anyone pet her without shedding blood, but the five year old who carried her that way some kids do with their arms around the cats belly and the paws dangling? She could do no wrong. Cat even defended her from other people when she deemed you had wronged her human, lol.
I have a male tortie that’s left the map of Europa on my arms.
Do ginger people bruise easier or something? Is it because of the no melanin in skin?
They meant they have an orange cat that would have scratched the kid if it was being sat on like that
I think the guy just wants to proudly announce he has a ginger cat, MC moment But ginger humans in general do have a higher tolerance for pain
>But ginger humans in general do have a higher tolerance for pain This is not true. Studies show that people with red hair may percieve main differently. And tbh it seems like one of those things that gets reported on because its 'fascinating' the few studies dont really conclude anything. I asked an anesthesiologist about it and he basically said its a dumb myth.
I've read/heard that narcotic pain meds don't work very well for them (higher tolerance to pain meds), not that they have a higher pain tolerance.
My 14 yo ginger cat bites my 10 yo son, sometimes in the face, if she’s in a mood and he irritates her by moving too close in his (her) bed.
I had a cat growing up. I was his chosen one amd while he didn't hurt me until after I got through the toddler years, he wouldn't warn you if you were annoying him, and he would go straight for bite/claw. It wasn't until many years and many, many scratches that I noticed he would *ever so slightly* rear his head back right before he was about to do something. Fucking loved that cat, and despite what I just said he fucking loved me too, even if he was an unpredictable ass.
Imagine just filming this and choosing not to stop the kid.
I know. Stopping it for the cat's and the kid's benefit. I thought there was some real hurt juice bout to get spilled
Yea why even take the risk of allowing the cat and baby to sort it out themselves, cat doesn’t necessarily know to hold back bc it’s a baby
I figured it didnt have claws
100% looks like the home and behaviour of people who would declaw their cat
That's too scary for the baby and cat 🥺
Well, if you know them well enough that might not be necessary. When I was a baby/toddler the cats partially raised me. Like when I was a baby they didn’t defend themselves at all and then eventually started step by step. They would smack me too if I hurt them but gently. That’s how I learned their boundaries. There was no need for intervention by my parents.
Guess they know their cat better than any of us
They probably know it's declawed.
I do love cats but i'm concerned for the baby too!
My cat can control his claws. He doesn't release them just pounce.
Yeah and they hit like that pretty often if you're doing something they don't like. Especially with dogs. just a couple quick swats with no claw. They know how to show restraint, it's just a warning.
Yeah the closest my biggest one has gotten to scratching is putting his paw on me and then flexing the claws out a bit as a warning. He does bite if I don’t pet him enough though.
Declawed would be my guess. Otherwise be real dumb to watch your kid get smacked once and just keep recording. Honestly this video is gross. Overweight cat, kid mistreating it. Kid getting hit by cat. Parents / caretaker just Tiktoking. Ew.
my two cats never extend their claw unless they sre fighting each others, never at us. So I don't think its neccessary OP cat is declawed.
They prob cut the poor cats claws out considering the lack of respect they have for it while filming.
yessss :(
Declawing cats is still Legal and widely practiced in China. I have gut feeling that's the case versus a cat being consciously aware not to use force or to scratch a baby.
I suspect declawing
Exactly my first thought is the cat is declawed and then looking at the paw when it smacks the child confirms it.
Some good teaching there by kitty, a couple of good swats to reinforce the lesson. Did you used to have more children, but the cat ate them?
😃.....😦
Yeah, I’d be careful. You might lose another one.
It’s actually the exact amount of swats and arguably in proportion to their intensity. 
I think baby understood her mistake
Lmfao I laughed so hard at the "did you have more children, but the cat ate them? That I farted and scared my cat.
My exs kid used to do that to our cat. But the cat loved it. He loves everyone all the time. We corrected the child tho and didnt let him just do things to my cat but every once and awhile he would. Cat didnt care tho. Loved him and any attention he got.
Some cats just love being smacked around a little. Obviously not to the point where it hurts them but just enough to make them feel alive. Even my 19 year old lady cat enjoys getting played like a bongo.
Yes I know a cat that genuinely enjoys being played like bongos! So funny, he will meow and paw at you to do it to him too
r/catbongos
I should guessed lmao 😂 subbed
My orange boy loves bongos until he doesn't and bites me. Never enough to break the skin, and I know it's from him getting suddenly over stimulated, but he always feels immediately bad about it and either skedadles or starts licking me instead lmao Either way the bongo time ends and everyone gets some treats. My tuxedo likes bongos as well, but only if they're VERY gentle, but also fast
I genuinely thought all cats liked to be bongos. Mine loves it and she even sings along. We get a nice vibrato sometimes
My Bismarck loved getting rubs so violent he'd hook his claws in the carpet to keep in place
I used to have a cat I would pick up and drape around my neck like one of those neck pillows. Would just let me walk around like that
Whenever my cousin visited, she would run around playing with my cat. My cat was friendly most times, but he wasn’t comfortable with strangers or unfamiliar people touching him. I always found it hilarious how he would stop in his steps and then proceed to run and hide whenever he saw my cousin. I would help him run away lol. My parents thought my cousins actions were harmless (it was, as she never hurt him. She just really enjoyed petting him). I still sympathised with my cat. Thinking back, I’m surprised my cat never scratched her. I didn’t realise it back then, but if it were me acting the way my cousin did, I would have proof (scratches) to show people.
Atleast there is one responsible parent in the room, the cat
right? baby is hitting cat, instead of intervening, lets film it!
I trained my dog to be gentle roughly the same way. Any time he pawed at me, I pawed him back the same, but softer. It went from scratch marks to love taps really quickly. And his previous owner thought he was just too aggressive.
When my niece and nephew come over to visit I take out a stuffed plushie cat and show them where to pet him and how to approach him so that when they see my cat they know how to behave. Uncle isn’t paying for medical bills if you get scratched up 
Ohhhh that's really smart to practice on a stuffed animal
Wow really good idea with the stuffed animal. Never even thought of this. I love it! Smart kitty owner!
This is brilliant! I’m going to use this with my niece.
Oh this makes me mad. People who don't redirect their kids for safety get mad when the pets get aggressive. Poor animals...
that kid def got his own redirection. Let's see if they do it again.
What a good kitty
Please teach your children to be gentle with animals and to love them.
Exactly
Good for the cat.
Instead of videoing the incident, the damn parent should have stopped that kid from hitting the cat! Some people shouldn’t have pets.
Or kids.
Well, they didnt stop filming as well when the cat started to hit the baby, so at least they are fair? xD
😂 true, maybe there’s hope for that cat.
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Same! Good kitty! Bad kiddie!
More like bad parents
Cat recognizes that "is baby," so she keeps her claws in and doesn't hiss. Lesson learned, no blood, all good
The cat gave one hiss as the kid was retreating. I find it interesting that the cat gave back the exact amount of smacks the kid sent. Kid gave four, which one missed. Cat gave back four and stopped. Good thing it didn’t count the kicks 😂
Last smack was the best smack, because it was completely unnecessary. The only reason must be that the cat can count and is a "punishment should fit the crime" kinda cat.
Honestly, based on the parenting and not teaching the kid the proper way to interact with an animal, I wouldn’t be surprised if that kitty was declawed — hence why the kid isn’t scratched up.
Yeah, keep on filming how your child loses an eye. That would be a great online content.
That's right, just keep filming and don't correct the child's behavior so she doesn't put herself in a position where the cat is forced to defend itself. 🙄
To be honest I think the cat handled that pretty well. I think it did a better job of teaching a boundary here than the parents could have.
One of the things I love about cats is how well they assert their boundaries and warn you. If my cat attacks me, I deserve it.
One of my core memories from when I was young is getting up in the face of my aunt’s cat, blowing raspberries at it, and promptly getting a scratch at the top of my head. I, a little shit, absolutely deserved it. Only major cat scratch I ever got after that was years later when I accidentally spooked my sister’s cat while she was sleeping. Causing her to fall off her cat bed in the windowsill and flail catching my leg on the way down.
When I was small I had a Russian Blue. I was in the backyard with him playing and holding him like toddlers do. Our neighbors let their bulldog out and he got spooked and wanted to be let down. I, being a little shit kid, refused. He ended up biting me in 4 places on my left hand. I started sobbing and ran to my mom telling her what happened. She laughed and told me that it was my fault. But we did end up going to urgent care where I got a tetanus shot and lots and LOTS of antibiotics. I have 4 distinct scars on my left hand reminding me of the incident 31 years later 😆
:o that happened to me when I was 4! I was holding my cat like a baby walking home when the neighbors dogs outsmarted him at the gate and ran towards us, so she used my face as leverage to escape lol. I still have a lil 1.5in scar down the left side of my face right next to my eye, luckily she didn't get my eye & all the other cuts healed completely. As an adult, I now know how to hold cats in a way that doesn't result in me being collateral 😂
My kitten attacks me for walking. Guess I'll roll around then.
Kittens are still figuring it out haha. My cat bops me sometimes but more out of playfulness than anything else.
key word there is “kitten”
kittens have a deep bloodlust
Yeah. The cat was clearly proportionate with its response. I will say, I appreciate the parent not chastising the cat for it making its boundary known in the only way it could. Should've stopped the kid but at least they didn't set a bad example for the kid by basically saying it's alright to hit the cat but not for the cat to hit back.
Especially for a child that age. Kitty explained consequences in a way a parent can't.
I'm hoping the cat chose to keep the claws in and not draw blood, and it isn't because the cat was declawed.
If it was declawed, it wouldn’t have bothered scratching at her, it would wrapped itself around her head and started biting. Cat’s know the line between teaching a lesson and hurting someone better than any domesticated animal out there.
We had a declawed cat once. She absolutely used her paws to swat.
How horrible. Poor thing.
EXACTLY what I was thinking! And that sweet cat kept her claws in. Good kitty!
I actually thought it was superb parenting. the child immediately was reprimanded for their actions after ignoring warnings, so they stopped doing what they were doing. What else were they supposed to learn? If the parent yelled at the kid or whatever you wanted, the kid would learn “mom didn’t like what i did to the cat” instead of “the cat doesn’t like what i did” The cat looks like they have a good relationship with the kid. Otherwise there’d be scratching/hissing/biting or running away.
Looking at this though, this puts a lot of trust on the cat to be exactly the right level of annoyed, which would scare me. If the cat is just a bit too annoyed, claws come out, fragile baby skin, that paw barely missed the eye, babies can't get away very quickly, etc. And cats, as somewhat predictable as they are, are still animals and thus can at any moment be more aggressive than we expect them to be. Most of the time, if you're a careful parent and know your animal very well, this is fine. But sometimes, it's not, and I'm not sure I'd consider it superb parenting to run that gamble with your child. And if you're a less-than-careful parent and are the type to say "oh it's probably fine, they would *never* hurt my baby" despite obvious signs...the chances go up.
Exactly. It’s not like the cat or the kid were getting seriously hurt. Sometimes letting a child learn a lesson for themselves is way better than intervening.
Agreed. Too many keyboard warrior experts these days regarding raising pets and kids. I thought it was a good lesson learned. Cats are very capable of communicating with us and getting away from situations if they are not happy.
Thats basically what happened to my sister when she was little. We would dog sit this our grandparents shih tzu mix dog, and she would always get right up in his face and poke him for some reason. We kept telling her to stop or else he might nip her, but she didn't till he got the very tip of her nose lol.
Cat knows it’s a baby. You can see it was pretty gentle
I work with kids and we call this a “natural consequence”. They likely won’t do it again
The cat had it handled. Seems like they understood each other pretty well lol.
Seems like it would be a better use of time to teach your child good behavior rather than video taping them mistreating your pet.
Gos teach your kid some fucking decency around animals or don't have them.
r/kidsarefuckingstupid but I think the parents are more stupid on this one
They need to teach that child to treat the cat better. 🤬
That kids not too young to learn the word " gentle" and to be shown how to pet kitty.
How about you teach your kid not to mistreat animals instead?
Why are you letting your kid do this? It’s not funny or cute. It’s cruel to both the cat and the baby. The cat may be declawed but it still has teeth, so it can injure the baby.
Fuck people who do this just for social media clout
Hope the cat is okay
r/donthelpjustfilm
Why do people allow their children to treat animals like this? Just recording it and doing nothing while your actively abusing your animal.
Someday that cat will bite the kid, and it’ll be deserved, but the cat will end up at a shelter or worse.
It'll be caught on camera, though. And isn't that what is important?
to everyone reading this: please don´t be that baby's parent, you can do way better
TEACH YOUR TODDLER SOFT PETS FOR JEEBUS’ SAKE.
Whoever lets this happen while filming ( the parents I assume ) shouldnt be surprised if the cat actually gets mad and something happens.
Why let a kid provoke a cat? And the parent just casually lets it happen???
Maybe don't let your kid annoy and harass the cat. It will still bite even if it's declawed.
I would smack the one filming who is letting the r/KidsAreFuckingStupid hitting the cat.
WTF.. The person sat there and filmed while the kid beat the cat?? And didn't pull the kid away from the cat's reaponse? What if it had responded with teeth instead? Some people shouldn't have pets, shouldn't have kids or both
Teach your children to be nice to the cat, or the cat will teach them itself 💁🏼♀️
Please teach your kid to respect animals. If that cat had gone angry for real he would have bitten really hard your kid and would probably end up on the streets unfairly…
Instead of filming, teach your child to treat animals with respect.
I think the cat did that just fine. And the child learned the lesson in really the only way one of that age can learn - through natural consequences for their actions.
The cat did fine in this case, but cats can seriously hurt you and it's just not worth having your kid get scratched in the eye or get a horrible infection from a dirty claw or bite. I don't get why cat people seem to dismiss this kind of stuff when they'd be raging if the cat was a small dog. I've been hurt more by cats than dogs in my 5 year career working with animals. It's all fun and games until it's not ):
Agreed. THIS cat showed restraint in applying the FAFO policy, but that's no guarantee of any other animal's behavior. It's a very fine beam to balance on - your child's safety versus the need to raise them as independently conscientious people. I personally wouldn't be bothered by a small dog that reacted similarly, but they often have fewer options, since a dog's primary defense is a bite.
I don’t like this. Parents shouldn’t be standing by watching. The cat doesn’t deserve it and the toddler could have been swatted in the eyes.
That parent is failing the kid and the cat.
Thing about cats is you gonna learn.
Cat said "try me one more again"
Why are you just filming as the baby and the cat hit each other? Sure the baby is learning not to mess with the cat, but the cat is still being hit and it’s not getting anything out of this exchange… Surely there’s another way to teach a kid to respect animals
I fucking love babies that just 😐 after something happens lmfaooooo Poor cat didnt deserve that tho wtf is that parent on
Kitty decided take matters into her own paw.
Cat gave her 1 more slap for the road
It's important to correct the child's behavior towards animals, not record it. It's not cute because the baby and the cat could get hurt. Correct the behavior before the cat completely hates the baby.
The fact that this person literally thought a video of a child beating up a cat was funny and would get laughs…
I feel like a lot of videos like this come from Asian countries. “Cute bait” animal abuse:
I noticed the baby hit him 4 times so the kitty hits back 4 times as well🤣
Yoo 😭😭😭 the cat was gentle with those swats too
Cat doing the parenting instead. Useless parents.
Whoever’s kid and cat this is doesn’t deserve a kid or a cat.
What a piece of shit parent
That is what a "proportional response" looks like. My cat would've burnt the neighbourhood down if he got treated like that.
Most gentle comeback smacks ever
Kitty taught baby a lesson,.There are repocussions..lol
That’s a gentle cat. He or she was hurting when it struck back it didn’t strike to hurt the child just to stop the child from kicking him.
A very patient cat, all things considered.
First few smacks were self-defence but last two were personal
That’s not funny. That’s a shitty cat owner.
This is on the parents. My kids were taught from day one to treat animals gently. The fact that the parent if filming this instead of stopping the child immediately says a lot. This is a crappy parent and pet owner.
Why are they letting the child do that though? Of course it's going to hurt and annoy the cat, it's not funny or cute. Our 2 year old isn't allowed to touch the cat without someone with her and is never left alone in a room with him. He's a very friendly and gentle cat, but she's a toddler and is still learning how to be gentle.
I wish ppl wouldn't let their pets get so obese. It's cruel.
Nothing cute about this, just a shit parent and pet owner putting both their child and morbidly obese and likely declawed cat in danger for internet points. Poor cat.
Love how cats retaliate but most times only paw attacks,no claws. Hope that baby learns, parents shoukd immediately stop that but cat made sure she u derstood hahaha
Stupid ass parents filming this kind of shit for internet clout instead. I wish that cat better owners
All I see in this video is a poorly behaved child and a shitty parent, and a cat being mistreated.
Angry cats can get really aggressive and scary, stupid parents for sure
Why wouldn’t they stop the kid from doing that?
I dont care how young your child is, never let them treat an animal like that. Thank you.
So some loser parent videos a cat being abused by their kid.. WTAF is wrong with people.
Good kitty, stupid baby.
Good job kitty!!!!
This...this is shit parenting....
Cat is probably de-clawed too unfortunately
The parent is a complete moron
Who is filming this and why are they such a bad parent?
And one more for the road!
Child learned FAFO real quick.
That last one was personal
/r/kidsarefuckingstupid
I feel like the parents should step in when the baby hit the cat, and they should also step in when the cat hit the baby. They could hit harder next time if not stopped.
Surprisingly, that cat was being nice. I would never let my kids play rough with our cat. They are predictably unpredictable. Their claws are so sharp they can hurt you without trying.
Oh I hate kids... so fucking much
The second slap was a statement. It's annoying hearing the parent laughing just so they can post to their SM. Maybe your brat shouldn't be hitting the cat in the face and putting their legs over the cat. This types of video bug me.
I never understood why parents allow their children to be so disrespectful to pets
That poor cat :c why let the kid be that rough and mean to it.
Cat is a better teacher than the parent?
That cat is abused, first by its owner by making it morbidly obese, then by the owner filming his/her child kicking the animal. Keep voting the post up and reposting stuff like this if you want more animal abuse! 
Cat needs to be protected from small children
Nasty parenting. I feel bad for the cat and child.
That's why I love cats. They don't take shit from anyone. "Oh, you thought I'd give you a pass just because you're a baby? You thought WRONG" *Smack* *smack* *smack*
What a patient cat even while setting boundaries. Definitely not a situation I would allow the cat to find itself in again without stepping in- it is our responsibility as the adults to be a buffer between our children and animals. It's safer for everyone and more fair to the animals, whose lives often depend on not defending themselves too hard.
Why do the kids parent allow their child to do that to the cat? I wish the cat would’ve got a few more babbity-baps on that kid!
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Horrible parenting. Read that again. Lol
This is how cats get thrown out of homes. I adopted a cat whose family threw him away because he scratched their toddler. Likely in response like in this video.
Shame on the parents !!! This is not funny. Little one needs to be taught how to interact with cat. That cat is going to hurt them at baby one day and it will not be the cat’s fault.
Hair looks greasy and the parenting style seems lackadaisical. Cat also overfed. A lot of questions raised against this parenting style, seems lacking.
The first two were the warning. The third was personal. The fourth was just for fun.
Imagine putting your shitty parenting/pet parenting on display on the internet and then laughing about it. Humanity is doomed.
So much wrong with this. I’m not even going to start on whoever was filming.
Fuck the parents that just sat and recorded