Anonymous wrote:
[I have a co-worker whose soon to be stepsons were still calling her Miss firstname about a week before the wedding-is that common? It was just so strange to me.]

That would be strange to me too!!

i think it is rude for children to call adults by their first name, but it seems prevalent in western culture with the exception of african american culture.i cringe when my white american friends tell their kids to refer to me by my first name. in other cultures, this is considered very rude and disrespectful.

I prefer first name. I grew up in rural New England and I remember even quite elderly adults always going by first names-the only exceptions were teachers and doctors.

If kids call me Ms. first or last name, I just go with it and don't correct them.

[I have a co-worker whose soon to be stepsons were still calling her Miss firstname about a week before the wedding-is that common? It was just so strange to me.]

When I was a kid we always called friend's parents Mr Last name and Mrs Last name.

I don't care if they call me Mrs./ Ms. First Name or Mrs. Last Name. I think it teaches respect for parents as authority figures to not be called by their first names by kids' friends.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What do the other kids call you?

It is a matter of teaching respect for their elders because children are not the equal of adults and my children call all adults by Mr. or Mrs and they also say Yes/n0 Ma'am and Yes/no, Sir.

"teaching respect for their elders because children are not the equal of adults"

Why a lot of child abuse is not reported by victims.

"Yes/n0 Ma'am and Yes/no, Sir:\"

Ugh.

BS

We just do first names, because DH and I have different last names so that's way too confusing for little kids. But agreed that "MyKid's Mommy" is what I get most often (and that's fine by me!) A couple of our close friends have their kids call us "Auntie First" and "Uncle First," which is also fine but would seem weird for kids we don't know as well.

I'm still just "Susie's Mommy" to pretty much all of DD's friends. Once they're older I'll go by the cues of kids' parents or offer "Ms. Jane."

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Anonymous wrote:What do the other kids call you?

It is a matter of teaching respect for their elders because children are not the equal of adults and my children call all adults by Mr. or Mrs and they also say Yes/n0 Ma'am and Yes/no, Sir.

"teaching respect for their elders because children are not the equal of adults"

Why a lot of child abuse is not reported by victims.

"Yes/n0 Ma'am and Yes/no, Sir:\"

Ugh.

I also prefer Miss Firstname or Mrs Lastname. This is also what we are teaching DD. My two best friends and their spouses are Aunt/Uncle, just to denote a more special and close relationship without being Firstname only.

She is only 2, but will also learn to use sir/ma'am. I'm almost 40 and I still use those terms, partly because I work in a military environment, and so I don't see it as demeaning to children to treat adults with respect.

My kid is in preschool where teachers are all called Miss first name, so that is what I am also called by DC's friends. It just makes it easier.

Anonymous wrote:What do the other kids call you?

It is a matter of teaching respect for their elders because children are not the equal of adults and my children call all adults by Mr. or Mrs and they also say Yes/n0 Ma'am and Yes/no, Sir.

my child is 8. when he was younger, most kids called me Miss First Name. When he started elementary school, I quickly became Mrs. Last Name to teachers and the "new" kids in our lives.

Some kids call me Miss Kid's Name's Mom. I like that.

I do not allow just First Name.

I volunteer at his school and have also requested that kids who know me as Miss First Name to call me Mrs. Last Name when they see me at school.

First name - Mrs. Smith is my MIL.

I strongly prefer either Ms. Firstname or Ms. Lastname.

Since so many families have parents with different names, it's just easier to go with Ms. Firstname. Totally cool with that.

Do not like just Firstname. No.

What do the other kids call you?