In some ways the child in your examples is actually treated worse than the pet (particularly along the scale of invasive coercion).

I know right?

Guess the best part. Go on.

(spoiler: All of them are true examples of things that have happened dozens or hundreds of times to myself or other humans in my circles during their childhoods, and they're only select examples that are easy to compare out of dozens more similarly-bad cases I could list.)

Fair disclaimer: This subject engages me a lot and it's on my long laundry list of Subtopics Of Things To Protect.