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0 pointsSymbiote3y ago0 comments

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

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kbrannigan3y ago· 1 in thread

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.

wilg3y ago

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

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