when did everyone start calling kids "littles?"

[Anonymous]

Mormon mommy bloggers circa 2018

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Mormon mommy bloggers circa 2018

Knowing this phrase comes from mom blogging and especially Mormon mommy bloggers is now making me think differently about some of the people I know who use this phrase. It's always annoyed me, but now I know something interesting about their internet/media habits that I didn't before.

[Anonymous]

bugs me but not as much as kiddos

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:bugs me but not as much as kiddos

What’s wrong with kiddos?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Mormon mommy bloggers circa 2018

This thread was started in 2013 so it must have been earlier than 2018.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: I hate it so much. It sounds demeaning and extrememly annoying.

Same with this dude here, lol.. I was looking for a place I could complain about this!

I think it really is demeaning to refer to kids that way, and it falls right in line along with the rest of the infantilising problem I've been noticing over the past few years so.
I think "quirky" millennials becoming parents now is the reason this whole problem exists. Sigh.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: I hate it so much. It sounds demeaning and extrememly annoying.

Same with this dude here, lol.. I was looking for a place I could complain about this!

I think it really is demeaning to refer to kids that way, and it falls right in line along with the rest of the infantilising problem I've been noticing over the past few years so.
I think "quirky" millennials becoming parents now is the reason this whole problem exists. Sigh.

Millennials aren’t just now becoming parents. They were born between 81-96. And this is a TWELVE year old thread. Thanks Boomer.

[Anonymous]

Littles and kiddos are both annoying. So is "nugget" to refer to someone's baby. It sounds like a turd, how is that endearing.

But my main complaint with these words is that they are generally said by women in this somewhat cloying way that I think is intended to sound cute and feminine. To be clear, I'm a woman. WTF is this? Why are women in their 30s and even 40s working so hard to be cute and feminine, even when interacting with each other? Just talk normal.

My neighborhood parent list serve is filled with women making posts like this "Hi [cutesy term for list serve parents]ers! We are finally ready to pass on our kiddo's lego collection and table [note: child is 12]. This set is filled with *such* wonderful memories of building and imagining with our little since he was small! We hope it can bring joy to another sweet child instead of making a trip to the landfill $80 OBO!"

This woman is in her 40s and has a graduate degree.

What in the actual f***.