Jonathan Tries to Befriend The Cat

Jonathan has harrassed the cats for YEARS. Well, he now wants the cats to like him. We decided that his chore can be to feed the cats - with supervision. Today, I had him do this. I looked in and he was trying to shove the cat out the window. Why? I have no clue. I told him that feeding the cats was a good chance for him to make friends with them and that shoving the cat out the window wasn't going to help. He stopped - lol. I was supervising Becca with the garbages in the next room and he calls out, "the cat is making a strange noise as it eats, something is wrong with it." I go straight in and kneel down to listen. Jonathan is calmly sitting there petting the cat, while the cat is eating. Quite often we will pet the cats as they eat and they will purr, this is not a purr. It is a low growl, lol. I realize that my son is not trusted yet by the cat and calmly explain how God created the animals to protect their food and that the cat was warning him to stay away from the food. I had to laugh inside though - his meanness came back at him - it is hard for a kid to understand that you can't just turn around and instantly make friends with someone you have been mean to. It takes consistently showing that you are a different person. I think he will get there eventually.