Why do you use "papa" instead of "daddy" or "dad"?
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Anonymous
| Why not mom and dad, I hate mommy and daddy. Makes them sound like toddlers. |
Anonymous
I understand that you have no bad intentions here, but this phrase is objectionable. I suggest simply referencing the heritage as a possible reason for the choice of name. |
Anonymous
| Where do you stand on the use of Ma and Pa? That's how Laura Ingalls called her parents. That's how my grandparents called their parents. Maybe it is a holdover in some families and locales. We say grandma and grandpa. And use ma instead of mom. |
Anonymous
| My DS calls my father Papa. |
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I've noticed a shift from daddy to papa and have also wondered why. I from and live in California, grew up in the late 80s/early 90s. Dads back then were Daddy, even hispanic families used Daddy unless they were just visiting the area or newly here.
Now most kids that I know call their fathers "papa" (sounds more like Paw-puh if I'm going to be exact) and I have no idea why. All different kinds of families too (young wealthy types, crunchy types, older parents). |
Anonymous
| Goes better with Mama. |
Anonymous
| We speak Spanish at home and my son calls DH "Papi". It's just what stuck when he started speaking. He refers to him as "my dad" when talking to others though. I wonder if he'll switch to dad when he gets older. |
Anonymous
Why was there the shift from Father/Pa to Dad in the first place, and where and when did it happen? |
Anonymous
| Don't judge the pretentious poster - I have observed the same thing. I realize some of it is regional. However, I have found in the very very upper class a trend towards - Papa - though it is pronounced "Pa-Paaaa" like in the Madeleine books - I think it's meant to imply worldliness. |
Anonymous
| Because my children are German. |
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We are mama and dad here. Kids called us that naturally (well, they called dad "dada" and still do occasionally, but mostly just dad. Mama stuck, whereas dadda morphed into dad.
I don't like Mommy and DH liked daddy well enough but our kids never used. I don't know why it didn't stick. I kind of like the idea of mama - kids don't ever have to grow out of it, where as mommy seems kind of infantile. Papa may be the same. BTW, we are not really crunchy. Maybe semi crunchy. |
Anonymous
| My dad was German and Papa was what we always called him and my husband prefers Papa because that's what he called his father (who was American). |
Anonymous
| My kids call their father papa (sometimes papi) and call me mama. Both DH and I grew up calling our fathers papa, so it just comes naturally to us. I was raised in the south and DH in California and NoVA. We are not hipsters, crunchy, or foreign. |
Anonymous
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The faux hippies I know try to push mama and papa; sometimes sticks, sometimes not. Some of those people are annoying as hell, some are not.
My son calls me Mama on occasion...not sure why, but that's his comfort name I guess when he's feeling sad or wants to be babied (he is 4). Otherwise, I am Mom, Mommy, or even my first name. |