Oh yes!! Our Misty is our child. All of the pets we have had have been our babies. We never had human children so our furring pets took our hearts. Each pet we have had kind of have taken our habits and blended into the human culture. They do think they are human. I swear they do. You talk to Misty and ask her where her toy is and she will walk to it lay beside it and look up at you. She wants you to play. She is a cat and I know that is unusual for a cat. If she could talk human she would every sence of the word be a child. She talks in meos as we are talking to her like we are having a conversation. She gets a lot of attention. She is our Baby!!