Random Thought. "Parents"

I can never remember saying the word "Parents"
You know when you're hanging out with your friends in like highschool, then you get a phone call and you'd be like "ugh I have to go my parents want me home"
Or when you would go on a school feild trip and the permission slip would read:
"Please have parents sign"
or in casual conversation:
"Yea, I'll just have my parents pick me up"
"I have to meet my parents later for dinner"
"I would like to thank my parents for their support"
...Like as if they are one enitity
.... Two people, two different personalities lumped into one group: Parents.
I don't know if that makes me happy or sad that I never got to use the word.
Maybe it just annoys me that so many people get to say it and I never can
I guess you could say I'm missing out.
But who's to say that everyone else isn't missing out on only getting to say "my mom"?
I love saying Mom, Mommy,Mummy, Mum, Mamacita, lady that gave me birth (jk)...
There are so many different ways to say mom but only one for.... parent
Parent: The unforbidden word
But then again.... it's just a word.
Right?

*Food for thought*