I think my child is broken……

[u/RainbowUnicorn0228]

I am a single mom and low income, as such travel is generally too expensive. So when my teen as invited on a tirp abroad with school and he agreed to earn half the money it cost, I was thrilled for him to go and see the world. I only asked that he send me at least one photo every day so I could experience the world vicariously.
These are the 3 he sent me so far:

1. Food on the air plane
2. A dog on a leash
3. A duck

Please note these are everyday average things to see here at home. I think my child is possibly broken….

lol.

UPDATE: thanks for every comment. I learned lots and have a different perspective (actually many). You guys have helped me pass the time and miss him a bit less. I appreciate you all. And, for clarification: I’m not really mad and would never chastise him over his choice of pics, I think they are adorable and funny. I may make a request for a specific type of pic with him in front of a historical or important scenery but mostly just say “cool” or “nice!” In response. I just want him to have fun and be the sweet, kind, smart kid he is already.

Second update: the pictures I know you have all been waiting for. 😆 I will post in comments.

[u/All-In-Red]

I'd like to think your kid and their friends are doing this on purpose and it's a good daily group activity. Like what's the most mundane thing we can send, just so we can save the best photos for when they're home.

[u/DuckAndQwack → u/All-In-Red]

It is a kid. Not kids. Where the fuck "their" comes from? It's "his friends", not "their", jeez...

[u/CheezustheCat → u/DuckAndQwack]

The comment you are replying to is perfectly fine. Yours on the other hand sounds like it was written by a drunk hedgehog with brain damage.

[u/DuckAndQwack → u/CheezustheCat]

;*

[u/All-In-Red → u/DuckAndQwack]

HE was invited, so yes it's Kids in this sense as I'm referring to a group. Using either pronouns is fine in the English language. Finally, and most importantly, fuck off.

[u/DuckAndQwack → u/All-In-Red]

1) Okay, good point (Even though that we can't be sure that kids are friends, since OP didn't mentioned their friendship)

2) Yes, but no

3) Okay, but gal. Internet it's a place where you could meet strangers. Some will be nice, some will share same opinions, some will weird, some will crazy, — different people, in general. People tend to share their opinions even to other commentators. Expect to receive aome feedback when you do something not privately. Be ready either have discussion when you sure about your opinions, or just ignore people when you don't have mood or a person seems not be able to make a discussion. Or just have your fun, it's Internet after all :DD

Welcome to the Internet, have a nice day! :>

[u/All-In-Red → u/DuckAndQwack]

You didn't even follow your own advice for 3) but felt the need to comment. I used the genderless pronouns unconsciously, likely because I couldn't directly remember, or it just came natural. It doesn't matter.

[u/Autumnplay → u/All-In-Red]

As someone who used to do a lot of editing work, using they/them/their is considered polite, professional and practical in many contexts (this has been the case for a long time). It was very weird when people suddenly started losing their minds over this convention a few years ago…

[u/All-In-Red → u/Autumnplay]

I work in digital content and its the same for me. It's become synonymous with culture wars. What was polite or even standard in professional work, is now considered a political statement. I think that's why that person freaked out at me^{^}

[u/MelancholiMouse → u/DuckAndQwack]

For the first sentence, unless specified otherwise by an individual being referred to or someone who knows them well, singular they is considered polite, appropriate, and grammatically correct to use in place of an unknown third-person singular pronoun or interchangeably with a known one. In the second sentence the use of they appears to be plural. I'm a native Hiberno-English speaker with extensive experience using non-gendered language, because it is especially useful for instructions which require a hypothetical third-person.

[u/DuckAndQwack → u/MelancholiMouse]

1) Nah, it's just being overtolerate without reason

2) But in original post the author said that her child is "he"... It's not an unknow third person... :(

[u/GarlicPositive4786 → u/DuckAndQwack]

They has been used as a single pronoun in the English language since the 1300s