Parenting & Family Quote by Eric Roberts

Calling pets "our kids" is less a cute exaggeration than a small manifesto about how family gets defined in modern life. Eric Roberts, a working actor whose public image has always been a little scrappy and human-scaled, lands on a phrase that’s instantly legible in a culture where traditional milestones (marriage, homeownership, children) have become more optional, more delayed, or simply more expensive. The line isn’t trying to win an argument; it’s trying to normalize a choice and preempt the eye-roll that still follows adults who pour real care into animals.

The specific intent reads as protective: don’t treat our attachment as second-tier. By using "consider", Roberts frames it as a deliberate ethical stance, not a sentimental slip. "All our animals" widens the circle, signaling consistency and responsibility, the way a parent would insist you don’t play favorites. And "kids" does the heavy lifting. It borrows the language of kinship to claim status: these aren’t accessories, not "pets" in the ornamental sense, but dependents with needs, routines, medical bills, and emotional textures.

The subtext is also about public-facing softness. Celebrities get accused of being detached or transactional; talking like this performs steadiness and domestic loyalty without revealing anything too private. Context-wise, it fits the last two decades of pet-humanization: "fur babies", pet insurance, grief rituals, Instagram accounts, and the quiet social agreement that companionship can be a complete life, not a consolation prize.