To me, i feel there's a difference between calling someone a child (indicating a youthful connotation) and being someone's child (a familial connotation).
My children will always be my children, but sometimes my oldest acts like a child.
Im not defending Trump's actions. They're plenty old enough to speak up for themselves. I'm merely saying it's not uncommon for a parent to refer to their offspring as "children" even after they're well into adulthood.
Can you just educate yourself to the fact that words have multiple usages, and children both means youth as well as offspring so we don't keep having this retarded conversation?
Do you really believe I don't know individual words are used in different ways?
I thought it would be obvious, that I just believe useing words with the least ambiguous and narrowest meaning available, is a more clear way to communicate.
In this case offspring would undeniably be the term to fit the meaning parents want to convey. Continuing to use child is a sign their concept of their offspring hasn't kept up with the current reality. The fact that this behavior is common dosen't mean it's correct and immune from criticism.
Both it, and your attitude of infallibility, are just two of the many windmills I fight against.
It's my pointless, useless, impossible, imaginary battle against the world itself. But hey. You don't fight the fight because you can win. You fight the fight that needs fighting.
You can call them family but that does not specify exactly who they are. Family can refer to brother and sisters or parents as well as your children. It would be pretty common to ask an 80 year old of they have any children. Don't think it really refers to a certain age of the child.