• HuntressHimbo@lemmy.zip
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    2 months ago

    I always thought this was more for the child’s benefit. Rather than addressing them by what they are lacking addressing them by what they have might be gentler.

    • mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca
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      2 months ago

      yeah I thought “single mother” was already a supposedly better replacement for “fatherless”, for exactly the reason you stated