O4PetesSake

Brilliant! I sure was child when I was raising mine but I really didn’t think of my own parents like. I have to mull this over

I ducked it: https://www.thespruce.com/cat-repellents-to-keep-cats-out-of-your-yard-2132573

More generally, the grownups don’t know better than you. They are just repeating what they’ve been told by someone else who also didn’t know any better. More to the point, adult life is like high school, only more so.