How to get a one-person cat to bond with kids
Cats that bond exclusively with a single family member often ignore children entirely, leaving kids left out of the affection. This dynamic prevents children from experiencing the companionship they want and makes it difficult for families to share in the pet's affection.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1Having kids feed the cat, play with her, and give her treats
- 2Getting two additional kittens so the kids can raise them
- 3Waiting for the cat and kids to get older
- 4trying to act cool around them
- 5ignoring the cat because they give attention when you do not want it
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“How do you guys make your cats obsessed with you? 😂 I always have to beg my cat to sleep with me.”source ↗
“We have a cat who is very affectionate, but basically only with me.”source ↗
“The problem is that we have kids, and I’d really love for them to get some of that same affection from her.”source ↗
“Has anyone successfully gotten a “one-person cat” to bond more strongly with other members of the family?”source ↗
“same… like i feel most of the times i beg him to come with me and he does for a while but man when i see some videos i can only wish😭”source ↗
Where this came up
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