Have a kid and tell me it's just the same as having a dog or a cat. People can say random strangers are no better than animals no big deal, but random stranger

Have a kid and tell me it's just the same as having a dog or a cat. People can say random strangers are no better than animals no big deal, but random strangers have been getting little respect and the bad end of the deal for quite a while. It's different when it's someone you actually care about.