...to detest the word "kids"?

Kidults? Oh God no, that is shocking . I usually refer to mine as the kids, though they're both in their 40's!
And I am Nana, because my own mum was, as was her mum and so on back through the generations. My kids called my MiL 'Nanny' to differentiate between the two of us, and this has carried through to my DS's family, where his boys call me us Nana and Grandpa, and their other GP's Nanny and Granddad.

There was a film out a couple of years ago called Kidulthood. It's a very ugly word, isn't it.

Have you ever heard anyone in real life actually use it, though?

The term kidults has been around for some time.

I don't mind kids being used, but as TerriBull says it depends on the context really.Kiddies is awful, but not sure why.Our children, even though grown up are still our children, so that's ok.I never say grandkids though, always grandchildren.

I also dislike 'kids'; always have done. I have only daughters so refer to them as 'the girls' my granddaughters (no grandsons) are the 'little girls' to which they now take exception as 'we are big girls now Grandma' (5 and 3!) Sigh!!

We have two grown up sons who I refer to as "the boys", although we call no.1 son and his wife "the kids". We call their 11-month-old our granddaughter, (or pickle!) and hope that she calls us a Grandma and Grandpa - when she can talk!

I don't mind the word kids, I still call my 3 adult children as the kids and both my daughters refer to their children as the the kids. Not sure what the problem is with it, its just a word.

chadults. chadults.
I dont think that will catch on!

My ex and myself once came up with a name for adult children - chadults. Calling your adult children, children does seem wrong somehow. I'll let you all have that one for your own adult children.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVnEf5DFDMM

Even DBH is rather like little Tommy's father.

Mine are still little, so I call them the grandbabies. I'm quite likely to call out 'come on kids!' but refer to them as the children. DS grew up with the Rugrats on television, so that stuck for some time. Especially as DD was very capable of being an Angelica when it suited her - she even looked like her!

There was one of those ads on a short while ago, you know the sort-sign up for our 'plan' so it will cover funeral expenses when you're 'gone' and perhaps leave something for the 'grandkids'. I used to shout at the tv-I hate the word grandkids with a passion. Where did it come from? Mine are my grandchildren and I am Nanna.

I am quite happy to be Granny. Both of my grandmothers were grannies, and my two greatgrandmothers were called Granny too. My mother was Granny to my children. My mother-in-law was Nana, but that was because from her childhood she had been known as Nan (pet name from her given name)

I am Granny. Because mine was too.

I also call them The Ghastlies.

I wouldn't like to be Granny either. I am Nana partly because DD's own grandmother (she only had one) was called that.

Kiddies is a word on a par with hubby or "the little woman".

I often say 'hi guys' to my two grandsons although I wouldn't say it to their parents as I'd feel as if I was trying to sound too hip. None of it makes much sense, does it . I'm always referred to as Granny which I hate but I've never wanted to mention it [always wanted to be Nana like the dog in Peter Pan].

I have adult boys and girls.
Everyone has to say, "how are your children", because there are no other appropriate words.
Everyone used to say "but they are not children now are they?" when they were a few years younger, but that has gone by the board now. The english language has a gap in it. I quite like the word offspring really.

I use the word kids, doesn't bother me in the least. I think we all have aversions to words for one reason or another - and sometimes for no reason that we can really quantify! When I was bringing my two up I would not ever let them say 'shut-up' - it had to be 'be quiet'. Equally they weren't allowed to use the word 'bum', but 'bottom' was fine. These days all these slang words seem to be acceptable and to be truthful I find myself smiling at the younger me for being so uptight about it.

All mine are girls and I refer to them as 'the girls'.

I wonder what I'd call them if one or more were boys?

There's one context I dislike the word "kid" being used and that is when ever I hear something along these lines "he/she had a kid with so and so" usually that person will be describing a past relationship. It just sounds flippant to me, it's almost like talking about commodity in a dismissive tone rather than a child. In most other circumstances I don't mind the word, I refer to my offspring as my kids sometimes.

I like to refer to my two as "the brats". I will be "viewing the brats" on Sunday. Roll on.

I don't like calling children kids either as it's been said before they are not baby goats .

Yes! I hate that. Truly.