Definitely a little ? Birds especially conjures like this one are flock animals and always want to be with their flock . If you have a kid and ignore the bird , there will be behavior problems like screaming to get your attention . If you include the bird in your every day life , it might chill out and just sit on your shoulder while you do stuff . It might also get extremely jealous of the tinyhuman and try to bite it if he gets too close . Birds are basically small special children that won ' t grow up past 2 or 3 . You ' d have to juggle attention about the same as if you had another young kid . Birds do live a LONG time though , conures can live anywhere from 1030 years , so once kids are a little older , they understand the bird is part of the family and everyone will eventually adjust . Pet birds usually think that they ' re the same species as us , they won ' t understand if you just stick them in the cage and ignore them . They have to be part of the family or you shouldn ' t have a bird .