kiford
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- Nov 9, 2012
And I was pointing out that the use of words carries meanings that we may or may not intend. You said "...Adding one hotel that is geared for adults would have absolutely NO IMPACT on families going" not that it would have no impact on families with young children or no impact on those families going. You may say that this is pedantic and maybe it is a bit though it was never intended to be a dig at you or to say that you personally felt that families must include young children. Still, it was an example among many of how often people unconsciously use the word family as quite distinct from adult-only groups without children (whether adult or minor).When you actually read most of these for context I think you are twisting peoples comments. A top definition of family is adults and children living in same household ... and lots of other definitions. Context matters.
My comment was to respond to someone who felt "families" with children were going to be prevented from coming ........... I was only responding to their comment. My family is all adults so NO that is not what I was saying to the quoted poster.
Those without children are often left out of the definition of "family" - as you point out in your top definition of family - and that is what I was saying that I find annoying: that the language that people use - whether they mean it or not (and sometimes they do) - can perpetuate the perception that, somehow, couples without children are something less than a family, something that I see and hear so very often. As someone with children, you have probably never been on the receiving end of language that tends to put you into a class of being less than something deemed valuable, but I certainly have, as have many of my childless friends. It's a very non-inclusive use of dated terminology and I simply wanted to express that this is something that I would like to see be more inclusive or more precise.