General Chat

Stan,
You are entitled to that view, and indeed may be right. Think Patchem's view is nearer the mark though. Seems to me that nowadays 'kids' has become the norm, which it certainly wasn't say twenty years ago - you even hear it on the BBC.

My particular hate is hearing the expression ' my wife and kids' or indeed 'the wife and kids'. 'My wife and children to me, has a much more pleasant ring to it.

We can all agree to differ.

Happy days

I agree with Patchem. When I was little, my Mum always told me that it was 'Common' folks who referred to their children as 'Kids'

Nowadays it does not bother me one little bit if children are referred to as Kids Lol.



I was always bought up to believe that the word 'Belly' was a naughty word.
I had a 'Tummy Button' Lol. So did my children.

I will never forget when I was about 9 years old, a neighbour of ours who was a good friend of my Mum, asked me to go to the butchers for her.

She wanted a 1lb of Belly Draft. I was so worried and told my Mum. She wrote down on a bit of paper 1lb of draught pork, for me to take to the Butcher.

Jenny

I have never referred to my children as 'kids' - that would make me a nanny-goat.
They are my children, and will be, whatever age they are!!
When I talk about them to others, I will call them 'my girls ' or 'my children' - and they're 28 and 30!! Hopefully they still refer to me as their 'mum'!!
I have been known, when I really want to annoy them, to call them 'kiddly winks'

My elder child, who has 3 children, never calls her children 'kids' either.

Obviously there are regional variations - places where the word 'kid' is the usual way to refer to children - particularly Liverpool, but I don't come from there!!

Calling someone 'duck' as a term of affection is another regional variation - but not one used where I've ever lived - hence I don't use it.

I prefer children in reference to any under 11/ 12 as a collective term or just child ,,,,,, over that its a young adult or by name......

Hi Harry, hope you're well :-)

I use both children and kids.

Wrt 'the wife' as opposed to 'my wife', atm I'm nobody's wife but I would strongly object to having 'the' put in front of 'wife' in reference to me. Anyone who values their life will not use 'the wife' in reference to me in front of me.

I tend to refer to mine as "Kids".although I do refer to other peoples children outside my own close family & friends group as "Children".

I think its snobbish to correct anyone other than your own family for using the term Kids. :-P

Even worse calling them slovenly & lazy for doing so :-(

As long as children are not called brats or worse then I dont see any issue as long as you love them :-)

I call them my kiddywinks! My term of affection.

Always Children, unless as a general lighthearted exasperated way - Kids, Eh? (Tut and grin)

Now that they are adults, if asked, I'd say that we have x children, then give general details age etc, or x sons/daughters.

I dislike the word Kids too Harry.

And as they used to say on the radio . Goodnight children - everywhere.
Well we are all children at heart.

Thanks to all who have contributed.

Happy days