Do you consider yourself the parent of a pet?

I know Allison and Sam talked for an hour about the Oscars, but slap schmap, I want to talk about the question raised in the first minute of this week’s episode:

Do you consider yourself the parent of your pet?

Personally, I respect my cat enough to consider her a roommate, but I still refer to her as “baby,” so I bridge a gap, I think. You?