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[Chris Waigl]

Oh, FFS, let's keep the moral panic at bay. There I was all ready to go in
guns blazing because, finally! someone, somewhere took it too far with
well-meaning but impractical gender inclusive language stuff ... only to
find that, no, no one is being asked to stop using mom and dad when mom and
dad refer to someone's actual mother and/or father. What is being asked is
what is not to assume that a kid's home life is run by "mom and dad" but,
when referring to their parental units (or in loco thereof) to use a more
appropriate term like 'parent or guardian" or whatever. Like, the way
normal people largely talk and write in situations where assumptions might
just be wrong.

CHris

On Fri, Sep 23, 2022 at 12:16 PM Kathleen Lamantia <
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> Me too.
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