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?”.
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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!
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.
Closest Ancestor
Gene Giver
“Commander”
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.
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”
I would say that an artificial dad is the partner of a married single mom.
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 don’t know how I missed this. Obviously you have the correct answer!
I read the title as a programming question at first…
Hah!
Hello 4D 6F 6D 6D 79Lil sis got a memory leak
Parental unit
'nit for short
Beep boop robo-Clay approves.
“Honored Ancestor” and “Blessed Forebear” are always appropriate.
Much respectful. So parent.
One of my friends has a mom and a nom. Works well enough.
Love it.
“oi! Fuckface!”
I should call her.
That would be fun at parent-teacher conferences!
Very individualized as per need. Non-binary is an umbrella term for a whole bunch of different situations so what feels right is going to be very different for someone who feels like say a mix of masculine and feminine versus someone who has dysphoric reactions to any and all gender markers. It’s going to be different for someone whose identity is more static than say someone who fluidly bounces between extremes.
If you know someone who is non-binary that’s essentially just the tip of the iceberg of a whole discussion about how they personally interact with their body or the culture of gender. A lot of people seem to treat it as a full stop third category which can actually be a disservice to a non-binary person because it oftentimes just leads to a lot of new assumptions and frames out some of the ways they could be better treated than just as automatically genderless. I’ve heard of mixes of Mom/Dad for bigender people, just Mom or Dad for trans masc/femme folk, Completely new words that do not have cultural baggage, or just “my parent”. It’s not a one size fits all situation.
I appreciate the thoughtful reply.
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.”
I’ve heard “Mawpaw” for a bigender person before which sounds kind of delightfully southern.
DAM!
“mather” or “fother”
So that’s where madam comes from
Your comment and the resulting chain are all excellent suggestions!
I’m not nonbinary but my son just calls me Michael.
Which is odd because your name is Darrell.
What about his brother Darrell?
That cracked me up lol
I’d imagine that this is something that varies from family to family.
