>>319649It's not so much about about optimizing language, as it is about reducing the attack surface. Security through obscurity of course should not be the cornerstone of your defense, but anything pertaining to personal data should generally be disclosed on need-to-know basis, least it be used against you. Even the bits that are of little import to yourself can still be used to gain trust of someone else who may know more about you.
If some medical or bureaucratic form has a box for someone to tick whether you have kids or not, there is no need to say their names and age, binary fact should suffice.
For example, knowing some guy kids' names and age, one can more reliably find their contacts in turn and through smaller effort of gaining trust (even with quality parenting, kids are generally easier to manipulate than more experienced adults) ask them to share parents' private keys, passwords, financial information or any other information of interest.