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  • I do use “kin” sometimes, but I don’t think I would in a parental context. Interesting, though. Maybe it’s just me that thinks of “kin” as being a gender non-conforming form of “brethren”. Usually I use the word in a collective sense, too, as in, “All my homies love and support their trans kin.”


  • Sometimes my kids call me by my first name trying to get a reaction out of me, but I don’t care. That should work. I don’t think “mom” and “dad” are even pronouns, are they? Proper nouns in the direct context (“Hey Dad, how was your day?”) and regular nouns in the common context (“My mom said to tell you hi.”), so I’m not sure this is a thing.