Calling little girls "mama"?

[Anonymous]

i came to this thread because a lady at work (old and white) criticized another lady at work (young and hispanic) for calling her daughter "mama." I've heard it for years (I'm middle-aged and white) and always accepted it as a cultural term, but was the conflict at work made me curious if there was another origin of it. I didn't know it was such a THING for people to dislike.

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Anonymous wrote:It's normal in black or Latino communities to call children mama, mami, pop, or papi. I personally call my dd mama pretty much every day. It's only odd if you're not familiar with different cultures I guess.

This is more socioeconomic than race/ethnic. You rarely hear children called mama/papa among my middle to upper income hispanic and black friends (and I'm hispanic). i have, however, heard it among family members in lower socioeconomic classes.

Are you calling me a poor? You're wrong sweetie. I'm a lawyer.

Boom! Lobbyist here sweetie. DH is cyber security. Afro Latino(DH is white for what it's worth) and we call our son papi/papa all the time. To the pp with no real friends of color: broaden your horizons just a bit. Just a wee bit.

[Anonymous]

I think it is stupid, please stop and assimilate!

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Anonymous wrote:It's normal in black or Latino communities to call children mama, mami, pop, or papi. I personally call my dd mama pretty much every day. It's only odd if you're not familiar with different cultures I guess.

This is more socioeconomic than race/ethnic. You rarely hear children called mama/papa among my middle to upper income hispanic and black friends (and I'm hispanic). i have, however, heard it among family members in lower socioeconomic classes.

I disagree with this. My boyfriend does this and he is upper middle class. His entire family of lawyers and accountants do the same. I think it's cute.

I'm South American (Argentina) and I agree that it's really used more the lower classes. You'd never hear anyone in my social circle calling their kids "mani" or "papi." I think in other countries it might be more common, though.

Given Argentina's culture (snobbish), I'm not surprised that this may not be common there among the upper classes, but it is VERY prevalent in much a Latin America, across all SES.

Fixed that for you.

HAHA! I married into an Argentinian family and they are pretty smug (I assumed it's just this family).

Nah. It's most of them. ESPECIALLY Porteños. And I say that with affection. I love my Argentine Porteño DH and I love BsAs

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's normal in black or Latino communities to call children mama, mami, pop, or papi. I personally call my dd mama pretty much every day. It's only odd if you're not familiar with different cultures I guess.

This is more socioeconomic than race/ethnic. You rarely hear children called mama/papa among my middle to upper income hispanic and black friends (and I'm hispanic). i have, however, heard it among family members in lower socioeconomic classes.

Are you calling me a poor? You're wrong sweetie. I'm a lawyer.

But clearly classless.

[Anonymous]

My Bangladeshi husband does this. It was weird at first but it's a thing in a lot of cultures.

[Anonymous]

I have a friend that does this, and I think it's cute. Anything is better than referring to your kids as "brother" and "sissy." Now that makes me cringe.

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It's cute when they're little but once they're old, I think they should be called by their name.

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I heard a lot of Spanish-speaking nannies do this. I think it's cute.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My Bangladeshi husband does this. It was weird at first but it's a thing in a lot of cultures.

Yeah bangladeshi people do this. My mom calls me "Amma" - which is basically Mama. It's used as a term of endearment.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have a friend that does this, and I think it's cute. Anything is better than referring to your kids as "brother" and "sissy." Now that makes me cringe.

Or
Bubba

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Anonymous wrote:I have a friend that does this, and I think it's cute. Anything is better than referring to your kids as "brother" and "sissy." Now that makes me cringe.

Or
Bubba

One group's bubba it's another's "little man" and "Littles". Kids are naturally inclined to get a million people names. Otherwise you'd of boredom saying their given names a million times a day. Live and let live.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:it's a nickname often used in my philipino culture for little girls.

FILIPINO get it right

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's normal in black or Latino communities to call children mama, mami, pop, or papi. I personally call my dd mama pretty much every day. It's only odd if you're not familiar with different cultures I guess.

This is more socioeconomic than race/ethnic. You rarely hear children called mama/papa among my middle to upper income hispanic and black friends (and I'm hispanic). i have, however, heard it among family members in lower socioeconomic classes.

200K HHI, African-American from two parent household, and parents were doctors. They called me momma, and I call my DD momma. I've heard it with my cousins and friends in similar socioeconomic class as well.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's normal in black or Latino communities to call children mama, mami, pop, or papi. I personally call my dd mama pretty much every day. It's only odd if you're not familiar with different cultures I guess.

This is more socioeconomic than race/ethnic. You rarely hear children called mama/papa among my middle to upper income hispanic and black friends (and I'm hispanic). i have, however, heard it among family members in lower socioeconomic classes.

Are you calling me a poor? You're wrong sweetie. I'm a lawyer.

There are poor lawyers.

Oh god, shut the fuck up you pig.