Articles written by Monica Davidson

Pets & Animals > Cat Psychology & Training Why some cats eliminate outside the litter box: 1 of 5

Cats are notoriously picky. That very quality often contributes to what is known as inappropriate elimination. The most common form of inappropriate elimination is inappropriate urination. There are factors outside of a cat's pickyness that can cause this bane of cat owners everywhere (or is that cat staffers?), including me...
Pets & Animals > Cat Care & Health What you should know about declawing your cat: 6 of 21

I am personally against declawing. There is one main reason people will usually declaw: it's easier on them because their furniture won't be messed up, and they don't have to worry about being scratched. As a general rule, though, these people in question have no idea what declawing actually is. Ignorance is not bliss. Of co...
Parenting & Pregnancy > Adoption Breaking the adoption language barrier: Should parents learn the child's native language?: 5 of 8

Definitely. I believe that knowing at least a bit of a child's native language is beneficial to the child. Being adopted, particularly at an age where the child is already vocal, is a traumatic event, no matter how well intentioned the adoption. Being surrounded by people who don't understand a word you're saying is even wor...