When talking about a specific, non-plural, child who is your son or daughter, is it normal to use "child" rather than "son" or "daughter"?
For example,
I went with my child to the doctor's today.
I did a quick google for "With my child", and mainly came across cases involving hypothetical children who are not of a specified gender, for example
How do I start a conversation with my child about stammering?
If it's currently not common to use "child" about a specific child, are people advocating such usage in order to not be discriminatory about gender?
Best Answer
I don't think child is a very common word to use in situations like this, but kid is quite common when the person you're speaking to doesn't know the gender of your child and the gender doesn't really matter. For example:
You could just as easily say son or daughter there, but if the person you're speaking to isn't really acquainted with your child I think kid might even be more common than specifying the gender. Child would definitely sound odd, though.