My adopted child is very fond of cats, I would even say fanatically. But I allow her this because in her life she felt a lack of human love and compensates for this through cat hugs. She can lie with the cat on the couch for hours and the cat kneads her leg or stomach with its paws, and this calms my child. After reading the article why do cats knead , I do not find the cat's behavior strange and if the child likes it, I will not interfere with such communication.