An(other) unwarranted attack. [View all]

In the parenting group, I made my first post ever.

You see, my youngest child, my daughter, is going to start college in a month or so and I am already beginning to feel how terribly I will miss her.

So I started an OP there -and heaven's forbid- in trying to show how precious to me, I referred to her as my "baby".

Right away, I get attacked by someone for "not respecting" my daughter and being a sexist by calling her a "baby".

I am sure I don't need to tell any parents here that out children remain, in a sense, our "babies" forever and I also refer to/think of my 2 sons in the same way.

But, on top of that, would anyone attack a mother for "not respecting" their children by calling the "my babies"?

I don't think so, and that too is a perfect example of the kind of shit that men have to deal with.