Dog-child

Remove the pan and slice cookies into bars or squares, depending on the mouth size of your dog-child.

Never tell my dog-child Vivien that she is not Irish. She says she is Irish and we believe her. Being well-mannered, nicely reared humans, we would never contradict her.

By drawing parallels between child development and dog development, Ms. King allows us, the human parent, to better understand why our "dog-children" do what they do.

[…] more than ever, many of those conversations require me to interject for the sake of clarification: "Wait, are you talking about your human child or your dog child?"

To honor my dog-child, here's a little doggy profile. Feel free to fill it out about your four-legged kid in the comments!