20 Alternatives To "Mom" & "Dad," Used By IRL LGBTQ+ Parents
One of the most frequent questions I’ve heard from prospective LGBTQ+ parents is “What should our kids call us?” I therefore began the Mombian LGBTQ Parental Names Project in to collect examples of our parental names. Here are just a few of the names — and the stories behind them — that more than people have now anonymously shared. There are, unsurprisingly, lots of “Mom. I first asked the titular question in , and nearly of you have responded since, along with many wonderful stories about how your parental names came to be. Below is a selection of new responses—ones added since I last posted a summary of the answers a year ago. A Parent By Any Other Name
votes, comments. In a heterosexual relationship, children call their parents 'mom and dad', but what do you guys call them?. Mother's Day, Father's Day. The world of parenting seems to be divided into two camps: the mom group and the dad crowd. 
Naming LGBTQ Families
A Parent By Any Other Name: The Mombian LGBTQ Parental Names Project What do kids call their LGBTQ parents and other key adults in their lives? It’s a question many of us have asked ourselves and been asked by others. I launched a form to collect answers to this question back in , and more than people have responded so far, with both their parental names (and names of donors, birth. Several years ago, I posted an online form to collect your responses about what your kids call you. The results keep coming in, which is wonderful.
What Do Kids Call Their LGBTQ Parents? 100s of Answers
Inclusive Terms Every LGBTQ+ Person & Ally Should Know Rainbow family A family with LGBTQ+ parents and/or children. Non-binary A term used to describe individuals whose gender identity is not. . 
How does an adopted kid refer to their gay parents? Like the
Romper asked 20 LGBTQ+ parents to share their unique, non-traditional "mom" and "dad" alternatives, because there's more than two ways to identify as a parent. .
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How does an adopted kid refer to their gay parents? Like the kid cant call them both fathers or mothers, can they?. .
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"What do your kids call you?" Many of us LGBTQ parents have gotten this questionand many of us asked it of others when we were considering parenting. Six years ago, I posted a form to collect and share answers to this question, and the responses keep coming in (with so far!), so I thought I'd do a fresh post about it--and ask again for more answers!. . What does an adopted child call their gay parents by?
Equally important: our second generation of children, whom I birthed, call their “half siblings” (biological children of my partner from a prior heterosexual marriage) their “sisters.” Many spoke of names for extended family and birth family members: Our children are adopted from foster care. .