# Poll: Is raising pets an acceptable alternative to raising kids? (take two)

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 17, 2022, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-is-raising-pets-an-acceptable-alternative-to-raising-kids-take-two/957949 "2022-01-17T20:47:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![Max\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2022, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-is-raising-pets-an-acceptable-alternative-to-raising-kids-take-two/957949/27 "2022-01-17T21:09:20Z")

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> [@Richard\_Pearse](#):
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> I’m not sure I understand the title question (the poll questions are fine.) Acceptable to whom?

That’s a step up from the last attempt!

It’s a spin-off from criticisms of Pope Francis’s remarks, and a current Pitting on that subject.

I’m particularly interested in seeing whether there are a lot of people who might answer Question 3 with “Disagree” or “Agree, but only in fringe cases such as mental illness”. That seemed to be the consensus in the Pit but goes against my experience and I needed a reality check. I suspect a few people may agree with Question 4, myself.

So the title question, as I see it, lies between 3. and 4.

~Max

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