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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“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
The words “mom” and “dad” are both derived from baby babble, syllables babies have an easy time making.
I therefore suggest that an enby parent should be a child’s wawa
I like this. It would be awesome to be named after a gas station chain.
Show some respect.
It’s a convenience store/deli/sometimes gas station, and it has the best Thanksgiving sandwich you can order, pay for, and pick up without a single word to a human (and usually in less than 5 minutes).
My humblest apologies!
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!
They use a mixture of “MOM” and “DAD” and call them “MAD”.
Just a silly joke. I have no opinion.
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!
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!
Obviously it combines Mother and Father, or: M’F’er
🤭
I don’t know how I missed this. Obviously you have the correct answer!
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 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.
Short for mother and nother?
Love it.
“oi! Fuckface!”
Sometimes I miss australia.
I should call her.
That would be fun at parent-teacher conferences!
and what about enby grandparents?
Sure, same idea.
Grandy seems an easy choice.
I was wondering the other day why gran is always the grandma not the grandpa
I would expect it’s a shortening of “granny” not grandma (or grandmother) directly.
My aunt was raised by her grandfather and called him Grandy. Everyone has called him that since.
Zaza.
Gabor!
Tata instead of mama or papa? But also, what about parent’s siblings, or sibling’s children?
Good question. I guess first name or nickname is most likely.
Nephew/ niece is nibling. Like sibling.
In that same vein I’ve seen pibling for aunt/uncle.
I’d imagine that this is something that varies from family to family.
Closest Ancestor
Gene Giver
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.
my son calls me baba. i’ve met other enby parents that use the same term. i originally heard it on blues clues lol
That’s very cute!
Baba Is You!
I’m not nonbinary but my son just calls me Michael.
It’s short for Michaelael.
Which is odd because your name is Darrell.
That cracked me up lol
What about his brother Darrell?
