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“Child raiser” is perfectly adequate to the context of a conversation about people who are raising children.
by snowwrestler 3y ago
“Child raiser” is perfectly adequate to the context of a conversation about people who are raising children.
- greatgib 3y agoWouldn't the employees of the day care be able to be considered as "child raiser" if I follow the meaning of the words?
- snowwrestler 3y agoNo, because child care (aka day care) is temporary and optional. A person who is raising a child has taken responsibility for them through their childhood—metaphorically “raising” them up into adulthood.
- fifirndisiwbbd 3y agoThere are plenty of “child raisers” who provide more care than a daycare and less than a parent. And since we’re being technically correct, raising a child is always optional (even for the parent).
- snowwrestler 3y agoI agree. That’s why I said child raisers have “taken responsibility.” I could have also said “accepted responsibility.” I wouldn’t consider a parent who opts out of raising their child to be a child raiser.
- thinkerswell 3y agoWhat an insult to someone who has taken on the responsibility of raising a child. Of course they should be called parents. A man doesn’t adopt a son only to be called his “child raiser”. Stop this foolish line of thought.
- Spivak 3y agoYou're the only one in this thread not attaching the same connotations of "child raiser" to "parent" and considering one lesser than the other. I don't know what's more insulting, being called a child raiser, or considering child raiser to be off-brand parent rather than a generalization of the term. "No man goes into education to be called 'instructor', they're 'teachers'." "No woman goes into CS to be called 'coder', they're 'developers'."
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- snowwrestler 3y agoSome children are raised by grandparents, aunts or uncles, siblings, etc.
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