Anonymous wrote:What are they supposed to call them, by their first names?

I don't see why kids need to start calling their parents differently than they've done all their lives.

I think these are often families that kiss each other on the lips.

Anonymous wrote:My husbands sisters who have their own kids still call their parents mommy & daddy. My husband calls them mom & dad. I honestly think its a girl thing.

They were babied. Most women don't this.

Anonymous wrote:My MIL still calls her parents Mama and Daddy, and they died 30 years ago. It's...creepy.

OMG same. It gives me 🤢 each time

Anonymous wrote:It's a Southern thing, regardless of wealth.

Yep, it overlaps with calling your grandma meemaw or memmaw.

I call my mother mommy. I’m 47.

Why do you care? This is a good example of something that has absolutely not effect on your life.

My mom was controlling and insisted I call her Mommy till she brcame a grandparent and then I could finally call her her new grandparent name. I hated it and felt it was creepy.

Anonymous wrote:I find Mommy/Daddy infantile and we transition out of it by the elementary school. What's wrong with Mom and Dad, it's even shorter?

Wow, what do you do with all the extra time you save not having to hear that one extra syllable from your kids? Solving world hunger or curing cancer?

Anonymous wrote:

Why is this something to get upset about?

Do you know what happens in ERs and ICUs, when patients are in pain and desperate, or dying?

All sorts of pet names, and Mommy/Daddy comes out, regardless of how old people are.

And that's GOOD. It's HEALTHY. Don't ever shame someone for using those names.

+1

I tend to think people like OP don’t have good relationships with their families.

Anonymous wrote:I find Mommy/Daddy infantile and we transition out of it by the elementary school. What's wrong with Mom and Dad, it's even shorter?

this

If grown ass people want to address their parents as Mommy and Daddy, no skin off my nose. Where it gets creepy is when people talk about their parents using those terms. "Daddy didn't want me driving a three year old car, so he leased me a new Escalade." "Mummy and I always go out for scrummy desserts on Sunday afternoon!" Barf.

I am half southern so maybe that’s why I do it sometimes.

It’s context, like I would say mom or dad if I were speaking to them sort of seriously. But I might say mama or daddy if it was a very sweet thing or if it was in jest.

It's a Southern thing, regardless of wealth.

Anonymous wrote:My husbands sisters who have their own kids still call their parents mommy & daddy. My husband calls them mom & dad. I honestly think its a girl thing.

My teen son still call us mommy and daddy. He just never saw any reason to drop it. Meanwhile younger DD switched to mom and dad when she was 11.

My husbands sisters who have their own kids still call their parents mommy & daddy. My husband calls them mom & dad. I honestly think its a girl thing.