At the moment I have two cats and grew up with two cats and a dog. It is nice to have life in your home. Cats are intelligent beings with personality, they can learn an upgrowing child alot of good lessons. they are good fun!
Some Dubs indeed reason that it is not wise to own pets because they take up precious time that you could have spend in service (but hey, what doesn't?).
Greven of the Catlovers-unite!-class