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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Parental unit
'nit for short
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Isn’t that technically all biological dads?
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Adopted dads are technically artificial dads.
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!
One of my friends has a mom and a nom. Works well enough.
Love it.
“oi! Fuckface!”
That would be fun at parent-teacher conferences!
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!
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’m not nonbinary but my son just calls me Michael.
Which is odd because your name is Darrell.
That cracked me up lol
What about his brother Darrell?
It’s short for Michaelael.
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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!
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!
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.
I’d imagine that this is something that varies from family to family.
“Commander”
If I were a nonbinary parent, I’d definitely go with “elder”.
People will think you’re Mormon
I could dig it.
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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.
