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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]People who want kids to address them Mrs. Mr. etc while allowing adults to address them by their first name, are on a power trip. [/quote]Adults pretending to be overly familiar with kids is what puts kids in a weird spot. Kids don’t want to be your peers, and adults are the problem when they remove that boundary. [/quote]

Honorifics are all about hierarchy and authority, not familiarity. If you are fine with me calling you Lisa, but not my child, you concern is not familiarity but your hierarchical status. A child does not owe you any level of deference, only the courtesy and respect that they should show to any human being regardless of age. [/quote]

Out of courtesy and respect I'd ask your kid to call me Mrs X since we call people what they like to be called, when told. I will also call you and your child by the names you prefer. But you don't get to decide what to call me. Pretty simple.[/quote]

Then you need to be clear what these kids should call you, because as you can see on this thread the default varies a lot. When someone calls me “Ms First Name” or “Ms Last Name” I ask that they call me just by “First name.” If you want to be “Ms Last name” and someone calls you by first name or “Ms First name” then by all means let them know what you want to be called. But many kids won’t by default call you that. [/quote]

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