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[quote=Anonymous]I’m Mexican and from TX. Growing up we always called my mom’s best friends by their first name because no one ever corrected us. IME Hispanic people are very open to being called by their first name vs last, especially Hispanic women who come from cultures where being old is bad! My mom always hated it when my sister or I called her ma’am. However I had a high school teacher who made sure all of his students said hi sir to him when he walked in!

With my own kids we always call teachers and librarians by their last name. For day care and dance teachers it depends on the practice of the studio/day care. For coaches/ swim instructors/ anyone else my kid doesn’t know super well I just tell them to go with whatever the person says they want to be called.

It’s tricker with the parents of my kids’ friends-some get offended when you don’t call them by the last name even if you don’t know their full name, others insist on being called by their first name! I just tell my kids to go with the flow of the adult they are talking to. I always tell kids to just call me Larla/Miss Larla depending on their parents’ rules. I really don’t care if a kid calls me by my first name. I’m not going to get triggered or feel disrespected. [/quote]

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