5 Ways cats prepare us for parenthood

Tiffany Antone
6 min readFeb 26, 2018

Psst, Cat Slaves — Your feline friend is totally prepping you for parenthood whether you plan to procreate or not!

“I’m the baby!”

I can’t believe how many of my non-cat loving friends told me that once I had children, I’d realize that my cats are just furry, little, interloping aliens. They couldn’t be more wrong! Not only are my cats an even bigger source of therapy now that I’m a parent (hello, being a parent…

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Tiffany Antone

Thinking thoughts, writing them down… trying not to scream in the interim. Also: Playwright. Professor. Mom. Wife. Cat-Servant. Follow @LadyPlaywright