You spend your money where you wish; I do (it happens to be on children). The foreigners that are inheriting this country always express amazement about the number of pets people have; I married one of them, and in her native language (Spanish) they don’t have a word for “pet”.
Ha! I think a lot of American children would be better off with less money spent on them. (Of course there are plenty of American children in need, too.)
Ever been to Britain? Pets all over the place, same in Japan.