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If you call your child by his or her nickname, I expect other people will, too. When it comes to meeting acquaintances or strangers, you can probably just say, "I'd like you to meet my daughter, Lennie." With family members and good friends, I expect something like, "This is our daughter, Elenore Starshine (or just Elenore, of course). We're planning on calling her / We call her Lennie."

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And then--well, call the child that, and if that's what the child wants to be called, he or she will happily correct the grownups who just don't get it. ;)

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...And then he said, "You're independent, aren't you?"
"Yes," said Laura.

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