A gender-neutral term for son or daughter?

I am looking for a term that could be used to describe one's offspring* in a gender neutral manner. Normally, female offspring are called daughters and male offspring are called sons. The three terms are can think of to describe an offspring with no gender are:
Child - implies an age under that of majority
Adult child - explicitly states an age over that of majority
Offspring - unlikely to be used in an informal context ("My offpsring just passed a physics exam")
Is there a single term that can be used to describe an offpsring of no or unknown gender without assuming age, in an informal context?
*I use this term to avoid implying an age (child or adult)

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