tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7162206974728931335.post2983751204114387352..comments2024-03-28T08:20:11.686-05:00Comments on Daughter Number Three: Another Way to Refer to Adult ChildrenDaughter Number Threehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08171356533232458827noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7162206974728931335.post-86339361849761336792016-07-14T22:10:44.841-05:002016-07-14T22:10:44.841-05:00Right, I equate "kid/kids" with "ch...Right, I equate "kid/kids" with "child/children" in my head -- they definitely still have the connotation of youth, though maybe less so than "child/children."Daughter Number Threehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08171356533232458827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7162206974728931335.post-29096254077870357502016-07-14T21:26:30.462-05:002016-07-14T21:26:30.462-05:00I guess you’ve already ruled out kid ? And probabl...I guess you’ve already ruled out <i>kid</i> ? And probably rightly so, though I’ve heard parents of grown children use it unself-consciously: “My kid is in law school.” (To me, that sounds awful.) I sometimes use the plural, but to me it sounds suspect. “The kids?” (In other words, who am I talking about? They’re in their later twenties.) At home, I use <i>kiddos</i> . “Anything from the kiddos on Facebook?”Michael Leddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05547732736861224886noreply@blogger.com