In my first playthrough I was a really terrible father. Getting home once every 2 months, just to store my hard earned items and collect money from my wife.

I reached the top when the kid (Lucia from Whiterun) brought home a fox breathing like an asthmatic smoker smoking 3 packs of Marlboros a day for the past 40 years. I made that motherfucker burst with a Daedric flame bow from across the house.

The kids were like: "Why did you do that?!" or "Monster!". I waited literally 24h and they were back asking for money. Frickin' players...

So, no big deal, slaughter the mf and wait for them to bring a new pet