umm, hate to break it to you, but there are a great many ADULTS who have NO IDEA that pets cost money. I encounter it every single day (I work at a vet clinic). I'm not kidding - people expect us to treat their animals for free just because THEY took on a responsibility THEY can't afford.

Kids bring pets home all the time, yes I suppose (though I cannot think of a single dog we see at the clinic that was "brought home" by a kid and kept by the adult who actually had to pay for it). Parents get pissed about it all the time, because it is an expense an responsibility they are not prepared for.

If someone gave my kid an animal, I would be Pissed. I am allergic, my husband is allergic. I have no desire to have to make arrangements to find the animal a good home when I never wanted an animal brought into the house. I love animals, I think they're fantastic when other people have them. If some boyfriend was an arrogant enough little beast to buy my daughter a dog or a cat anyway, I'd be furious. I don't know of all these children that just bring animals home. I never did, my siblings never did, I don't know a single friend that did when they were a kid. Because our parents would have been Mad. If parents choose to get the family a pet, that's a choice. It's their house. They are aware of how responsible their kids are and how much they will have to put out for the animal themselves. Someone else going "here have an animal" is rude, inconsiderate and pretty dumb in the grand scheme of things.

Are you insane? Where do you live that "kids bring home pets all the time" "they find them"??

Where I live, pets have owners. If they don't, they live at a shelter until they are adopted (or a less pleasant alternative to overcrowding). Kids don't just turn up after school with a pet! What parent allows that? 1. It's stealing. 2. It's irresponsible to not plan for the pet.

If a pet comes into the home, the parent is in charge of what pet, when, what kid responsibilities are (or are not).

Gee Sueu2, maybe you can help them put the pup on Craigslist as "free to good home" so someone can use it as a bait dog in a dog fighting ring! Or maybe this is better for you http://wane.com/news/couple-locks-up-dog-stops-feeding-we-didnt-like-him...
Seriously woman (or man, cuz I still have my doubts) not everyone lives in your Andy Griffith world where everything is hunky dory by the end of the 1/2 episode. I think you just come here because you have no life and need to stir crap up elsewhere because you're certainly not here to vent about your skids, all you ever do is rag on us who do. What's your purpose? ????