they are not baby goats, they are Children Not Kids.......

[SlartyBartFast]

am i a grumpy old woman to dislike the term Kids.

on Newsround yesterday they were talking about kids

[LadyOfWaffle]

How about kiddywinks?

[Kbear]

LOL - I talk about "my kids" but for the esteemed BBC to talk about "kids" is lowering standards a step too far !!

[diedandgonetodevon]

YANBU. I hate it too but it seems so widespread these days.

[OrangeFish]

Totally inappropiate, they act more like proper goats than kids

[LovelyRitaMeterMaid]

YANBU - I very much dislike children being referred to as kids. It sets off my internal shudder mechanism

[SlartyBartFast]

shall i write to the bbc and complain?

[claraquack]

It was Newsround not the 10 o clock news, right?

Come on, chill and get down with the kids!

[junglist1]

Mine are called either kids or half pints.

[psychomum5]

YANBU

kiddies is far better

[SlartyBartFast]

will chill with some vino shortly

[onepieceofcremeegg]

You would get on with my dd1 Slarty, she is 5!

The lollipop lady usually says "ok, let's go kids" when it is safe. I have to shush dd she snarls in a very put out voice "that lollipop lady is calling us baby pigs and we are not we are little children"

I have drilled into her to say thank you nicely and not to express her true opinions to the lovely lollipop lady. Also I told her that kids refers to baby goats rather than baby pigs!

[mum23monkeys]

I call mine 'boys'. Would be fine, except one is a girl. (in my defence, she did come along after I had had 2 boys so I was used to referring to the offspring as boys) She hasn't complained so far and comes when bidden (usually)

[SlartyBartFast]

in fact 2 of the thread titles at active convos at the this very moment have KIDS in their title



get the smelling salts wine out

[SlartyBartFast]

lol cremeegg
my kinda girl

[Hassled]

You are indeed being a grumpy old woman . If I want to call my children Mutant Offspring, Little Petal Flowers or Kids, that is my prerogative. You don't have to like it though, so I suppose YANBU.

[BroodyChook]

Personally, I favour sproggs, monsters or brattlings

[SlartyBartFast]

mine all answer to stinky - strangely

[AtheneNoctua]

I love the term "kids". 'tis very American.

[skidoodle]

YABU

Words have different meanings. People who are fussy with language in this way just make themselves look like stupid bossybootses trying to be clever.

[Shitemum]

'Kids' is faster to type but they should use 'children' in the media.

In Spain some people refer to their children affectionately as 'los enanos' - the dwarves. Political correctness has yet to arrive here I tell ya.

[onagar]

There was a thread about this before and someone looked it up. It turned out that children were called kids before goats were.

Not that it stops anyone disliking the word. If you do then you do. That's fair enough.

[Doodle2u]

[TheBreastmilksOnMe]

Peeps?

[fleetwoodmac]

I generally dislike the word "kids" too - though very occasionally I use it myself when referring to children generally in a light-hearted way!

I think the reason i don't like it is that "children" seems more respectful and personal somehow. and "kids" a bit more dismissive, as in "its only kids".

it doesn't surprise me about the BBC though. many of them can barely speak english

[chipmonkey]

Child, mother and grandmother in park

Mother: "Please don't call him a kid. A kid is a baby goat and my child is not a baby goat. ( Opens packet of sweets) There you go love and make sure to offer one to Nanny."