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Son or daughter avoids the possibility of infantalizing an adult child.
by Symbiote 4y ago
Son or daughter avoids the possibility of infantalizing an adult child.
- kbrannigan 4y agoAn adult child is still the kid of her parents.
- Symbiote 4y agoWithout 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.
- wilg 4y agoThat’s what I said. Unfortunate that there is no obvious way to make it gender neutral.