I'd say go Borg and be 1 of 3
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so I don't think it would come up with non-binary children
You'd be surprised 😅
I just mean that I don't often hear parents addressing their kids as "Son" except in '50s media! I'm sure it happens.
But people do tell others about their sons or daughters
Absolutely, but then you can say "my kid" or something instead of "my daughter". Using "child" as a title is different than using it as a pronoun standing in for their name.
Good point!
Thank you. It's very rare that I make one!
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Yeah. I had to carefully word my dad's obituary to not gender me--I wasn't out yet, but it would have added more pain to the event if I'd been misgendered in it. Luckily, I have a sibling, so I able to rework the first draft from "survived by his son ___ and daughter ___" to be "survived by his children __ and __".
Anyways, if I had a kid I think I'd just go by my name, or any nickname they came up with. I called my binary parents by their names so it doesn't feel weird to me.
Zaza.
Gabor!
"hello parent"
Could be.
and what about enby grandparents?
Grandy seems an easy choice.
I was wondering the other day why gran is always the grandma not the grandpa
I would expect it's a shortening of "granny" not grandma (or grandmother) directly.
My aunt was raised by her grandfather and called him Grandy. Everyone has called him that since.
Sure, same idea.
Probably depends on the kid. In the right house with the right mindset I bet parents could use first names. Otherwise it will probably be a special word to all of them, maybe something the kid calls them one day that sticks.
Maybe the parents will look to the internet or peers for answers and get stuff like "guardian" "my other parent" etc but ultimately the real question you should ask is how a child addresses their two same-gendered parents, maybe there's something to contexutalize there.
I was going to say it's definitely a case by case basis and what both parents and kids are comfortable with. With same-gender couples, I've often seen with my friends using two different gendered honorifics, like "mom" and "mama" or "dad" and "papa".
With trans people, often times it depends on when they came out. If before the child was born, or they were really young, I know a lot of parents will switch what they use, but for many people the title becomes something beyond gender. I've met a trans woman who transitioned later in life and was still "dad" to her kids because her role as a dad didn't invalidate her gender as a woman. In the same vein, I've known nonbinary folk who have kept "mom" or "dad" after coming out, went with a less traditional title, or even just made one up either something fun and ungendered (think something like "babi"). I've also heard people just using a diminutive of they're name, like rather than the kid saying "my parent, Sam" it becomes "my Sammy".
The fun thing about language is that it changes to fit the needs of people and groups, so we can just make it up as we go!
Tata instead of mama or papa? But also, what about parent's siblings, or sibling's children?
Nephew/ niece is nibling. Like sibling.
In that same vein I've seen pibling for aunt/uncle.
Good question. I guess first name or nickname is most likely.