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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Probably depends on the kid. In the right house with the right mindset I bet parents could use first names. Otherwise it will probably be a special word to all of them, maybe something the kid calls them one day that sticks.
Maybe the parents will look to the internet or peers for answers and get stuff like “guardian” “my other parent” etc but ultimately the real question you should ask is how a child addresses their two same-gendered parents, maybe there’s something to contexutalize there.
I was going to say it’s definitely a case by case basis and what both parents and kids are comfortable with. With same-gender couples, I’ve often seen with my friends using two different gendered honorifics, like “mom” and “mama” or “dad” and “papa”.
With trans people, often times it depends on when they came out. If before the child was born, or they were really young, I know a lot of parents will switch what they use, but for many people the title becomes something beyond gender. I’ve met a trans woman who transitioned later in life and was still “dad” to her kids because her role as a dad didn’t invalidate her gender as a woman. In the same vein, I’ve known nonbinary folk who have kept “mom” or “dad” after coming out, went with a less traditional title, or even just made one up either something fun and ungendered (think something like “babi”). I’ve also heard people just using a diminutive of they’re name, like rather than the kid saying “my parent, Sam” it becomes “my Sammy”.
The fun thing about language is that it changes to fit the needs of people and groups, so we can just make it up as we go!
One of my friends has a mom and a nom. Works well enough.
Short for mother and nother?
Love it.
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.
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!
Tata instead of mama or papa? But also, what about parent’s siblings, or sibling’s children?
Nephew/ niece is nibling. Like sibling.
In that same vein I’ve seen pibling for aunt/uncle.
Good question. I guess first name or nickname is most likely.
Is this a real question?
They would just call them by their name or by a nickname. Or by mom or dad if the parents don’t care about that.
i mean, this is the real answer yeah. but i’m liking @Nemo@slrpnk.net’s answer and will begin enforcing ‘honored ancestor’ instead of my name.
edit: if it doesnt like properly this time it’s never going to…
Parental unit
'nit for short
Beep boop robo-Clay approves.
I’d say go Borg and be 1 of 3
Of Unimatrix 007
If I were a nonbinary parent, I’d definitely go with “elder”.
People will think you’re Mormon
I could dig it.
“Your Highness”
I read the title as a programming question at first…
Hah!
Hello 4D 6F 6D 6D 79Lil sis got a memory leak
CVE-2025-j - Data leak due to uninitialized variable for children of non-binary parents
Children referring to non-binary parents may use uninitialized variable in speech when referring to the parent. This can expose personal information when referring to the non-binary parent. All children who are users of the English language are potentially vulnerable. Children who already have a preferred title for their parent are unaffected. To mitigate this the parent and child should discuss what preferred title the child should use.
Due to the extreme widespread usage of the English language and the difficulty with patching, there is unlikely to be a comprehensive fix for this soon.
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.
Closest Ancestor
Gene Giver
I’d imagine that this is something that varies from family to family.
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.
“oi! Fuckface!”
Sometimes I miss australia.
I should call her.
That would be fun at parent-teacher conferences!
