Zeprido's College Job Rant.

[quote=DuffTime]That's the definition of parent. The mother and father of a child. Period.[/quote]

[quote=Canoas]So you're saying that if a child is adopted he cannot call the couple that adopted him his parents? Sure.. makes perfect sense. "A parent (from Latin: parēns = parent) is a caretaker of the offspring in their own species."[/quote]

[quote=DuffTime]Well that would be the latin definition. Root words don't always mean the same thing. And sure, he can call them parents. I call my stepmom "Mom" as well, doesn't mean she's actually my mom.[/quote]

[quote=Canoas]that's not the latin definition.. usually definitions specify where the word originated, but it's completely unrelated to the definition itself.. So you're defining parents as mother and father, but then you define mother and father as something else than the progenitors of that child? So what's the point of defining the meaning of parent in the first place if you're just going to change the subsequent definition to your liking? That makes no sense. Either way this is pointless. The definition is already set, what you believe in does not matter at all.[/quote]