POLL: What do your kids call your friends? Mrs. Smith or Sally?

[Anonymous]

I grew up calling my friends' parents Mrs. and Mr. Smith.
When my DD started preschool it was Teacher Patty instead of Mrs. Jones. We also just had DD call our friends by their first names when she started talking.
DD has a friend who calls me Mrs. Rogers and I'm liking that formality but feel it may be too late to change plus in our circle of friends, all the families call the adults by their first names.

I;m wondering what other people do and why.

[Anonymous]

You might try doing a search. This has come up many times and often generates heated debate, but the spread of opinions doesn't seem to change much.

[Anonymous]

Why do you like the formality? This is not Grantham House in 1920.

[Anonymous]

Miss Patty, Miss Sarah. We're southern.

[Anonymous]

Really close friends they call by name. Others they use mr. Ms. Mrs. Etc

[Anonymous]

Teachers have always been Mrs/Ms/Mr Last name. When they were little they usually called their friend's moms Miss first name ("We're going to see Miss Jane and Tommy today!") and their friends would call me Miss first name. As they got older and started making their own friends, they called the parents Mr/Mrs/Ms Last name.

[Anonymous]

We're an international couple, so we have a mixed approach. Friends from DH's side are "Aunt Sally"/"Uncle Jim" even thought there's no blood relation. My friends are just Sally & Jim. Adults in some kind of position of authority, like the preschool teacher or dance class teacher, are usually Ms. First name but of course we go with whatever the adult introduces herself as.

[Anonymous]

11:41 - where DH is from, kids call their friends' parents Friend's Name-Mommy/Daddy, so "Susie Mommy" would be my title. I like that title most but realize it would be weird for American kids, so I usually just introduce myself by my name.

[Anonymous]

Sally.

[Anonymous]

They call the parents of their friend "Mr. Last name" and the friends of their parents by their first name. Teachers are called whatever they request.

[Anonymous]

DS often calls me by my first name, so for adults he knows well it's the same, unless he knows them from his schools, and then it's Mr or Mrs. Last Name. Older people are also automatically Mr or Mrs.

[Anonymous]

Miss Sally, Mrs. Smith, or Aunt Sally are used in our family.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Really close friends they call by name. Others they use mr. Ms. Mrs. Etc

+1 Same here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Really close friends they call by name. Others they use mr. Ms. Mrs. Etc

This.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Miss Patty, Miss Sarah. We're southern.

We're from NY, but picked up this habit when we lived in NoVa. I like it a lot. It distinguishes the adults without being too formal.