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0 pointsSymbiote3y ago0 comments

Son or daughter avoids the possibility of infantalizing an adult child.

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wilg3y ago

That’s what I said. Unfortunate that there is no obvious way to make it gender neutral.

An adult child is still the kid of her parents.

Without further context, "his child was in an accident" suggests a child of ~1-12/16/18. (Younger than ~1 and we should say "baby".)

"His son was in an accident" could equally refer to an adult.

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wilg3y ago

That’s what I said. Unfortunate that there is no obvious way to make it gender neutral.

An adult child is still the kid of her parents.

Without further context, "his child was in an accident" suggests a child of ~1-12/16/18. (Younger than ~1 and we should say "baby".)

"His son was in an accident" could equally refer to an adult.

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