Columnist’s word use gets my goat

I wish Julie Muhlstein would stop referring to her son as a “kid.” Improper language by a reporter is totally unacceptable. The definition of a “kid” is a baby goat. So would she like her son to refer to her as “nanny goat,” as that is the word for a mother of a “kid”?

Please show respect to your son and refer to him in the proper manner. Even the word “child” will do.

Ardis Holmes
Everett