We live next door to someone who's child has a fear of animals. All animals. He comes over in the garden often but will always cry & get upset when one of our pets is around. He came over for tea and I forgot that one of the cats was in my bedroom. The cat came downstairs, & the boy cried and said he wanted to go home. I pointed out to him that the cat didn't even notice him & would do whatever it liked if he left it alone. This resulted in dd now resenting our pets. we only have 3. 2 cats, one gerbil. I don't want to have to kick the cats out when he's around or move the gerbil out of his sight.