Some of it sounds nice. You still find places to enjoy yourselves, so it's not all bad.

[gives a shrug and lets the illusions of the monsters slowly fade, one at a time, until just the illusion of the little lion settled around his shoulders remains]

Non-human kids are just as important. Family is family no matter the shape. Not everyone feels the same way, though. It'll be an uphill battle just to get the little ones enrolled in school. --Not the monsters, of course; their intelligence is high, but they can't speak.