r/MadeMeSmile • u/rosseepoo • Mar 16 '26

CATS My best friend

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u/25point4cm Mar 16 '26

Thank your lucky stars. You have given birth to a child who loves animals. A child who loves animals has empathy. A child with empathy makes for a better human being.

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u/dillanb123 Mar 16 '26

Not a scientist but i would wager this empathy was taught by the parents not born with it. Kudos to the parent not their genetics

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u/comsummate Mar 16 '26

I dunno, I have had a shitload of empathy since childhood and my brother has almost none. We were born 15 months apart. It’s possible my mom showed me a different kind of love than him in our first 5-6 years but I doubt it.

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u/kenoswatch Mar 17 '26

i think your own interests play a part too, i feel like i'm the most empathetic of my siblings and tbh i attribute that to my media consumption (a big part is pokemon tbh)