A trans parent would likely still want to be called “Mom” or “Dad”, I assume. At least that’s the case with the few trans parents I know.
Parents don’t usually use “daughter” or “son” as pronouns, so I don’t think it would come up with non-binary children.
Do children of non-binary parents call their parents by their first name? It seems unlikely that they say “Parent, may I please have more screen time?”.
i am not sure, but what i think i read somewhere is “ren” (as in pa"ren"t), so you would go like my ren dropped me to school or something.
That sounds cool too.
My nephew has a dad and a mawpa, but there are lots of options out there. It’s wise to choose syllable sounds that babies can easily pronounce.
Tangential, but my wife is nonbinary and I still call them my wife. They’re okay with it. And I don’t mean to be lewd, but in bed they like to be called Daddy instead of Mommy. My point is that it’s probably a case by case thing without a universal and some nonbinary folks don’t mind some gendered terms. It might even be context based.
Interesting! Thank you for sharing.
My niece is non-binary and we run into this issue. Now, I just ask people who identify as non-binary. “When there isn’t a good non-binary term to use, do you prefer me to use male or female words?”
So far, the non-binary people I’ve asked seem to appreciate the question.
I’m sure they do.
I think the gender inclusive term for niece and nephew is “nibling”, which sounds like a Pokemon!
Parental unit
'nit for short
Beep boop robo-Clay approves.
Obviously it combines Mother and Father, or: M’F’er
🤭
Isn’t that technically all biological dads?
The existence of the term “biological dad” implies the existence of an “artificial dad”
Adopted dads are technically artificial dads.
What about step dads?
In which context? They’re probably MFers too. If you mean artificial or biological… Could be either, but let’s go with 3rd party replacements.
I don’t think that’s really true.
Dad is a title, bestowed by anyone for any reason.
“Biological dad” may have a specific meaning, but “dad” does not.
It was a joke to begin with, and I’m just trying to run with it. Don’t overthink it :)
I would say that an artificial dad is the partner of a married single mom.
I don’t know how I missed this. Obviously you have the correct answer!
I mean, that can be misunderstood. Better to mix mom and dad into … “dom” … or why not “mad”?
One of my friends has a mom and a nom. Works well enough.
Love it.
Short for mother and nother?
“oi! Fuckface!”
Sometimes I miss australia.
That would be fun at parent-teacher conferences!
I should call her.
my son calls me baba. i’ve met other enby parents that use the same term. i originally heard it on blues clues lol
Baba Is You!
That’s very cute!
“Honored Ancestor” and “Blessed Forebear” are always appropriate.
Much respectful. So parent.
Nonbinary household with conservative upbringing. That would certainly blow the mind of certain people.
“Excuse me, honored ancestor, I need to defecate” - Timmy, 5 years old
I’m not nonbinary but my son just calls me Michael.
It’s short for Michaelael.
Which is odd because your name is Darrell.
What about his brother Darrell?
That cracked me up lol
They use a mixture of “MOM” and “DAD” and call them “MAD”.
Just a silly joke. I have no opinion.
No you have it backwards, it’s DOM. As in, “I was bad so my dom had to punish me.”
No clearly it’s MOD. “I was bad to my mod timed me out”
Well that can’t be because I call my nonbinary wife Daddy!
DAM!
“mather” or “fother”
I’ve heard “Mawpaw” for a bigender person before which sounds kind of delightfully southern.
So that’s where madam comes from
Your comment and the resulting chain are all excellent suggestions!
My friend’s father transitioned to a woman but she kept calling her “Dad”. Not to invalidate her identity just that they were both happy to continue describing their relationship with that term.
I’d imagine that this is something that varies from family to family.
I read the title as a programming question at first…
Hah!
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