I couldn't imagine calling my parents by their first name (I feel kind of weird calling my step mother by her first name and they have been married over 25 years- I just feel like I am disrespecting her by calling her by her first name) It does seem to be a trend, not sure why. If the answer is Mom, call her Mom. It was never really a discussion for us, it just happened naturally. It is true that using a first name for a parent instead of "mom" or "dad" can have an impersonal feel to it, but sometimes it's more appropriate than anything else. Today, however, this so-called misbehavior is marginalized. 1. Step-parents, foster parents, and sometimes adopted parents are usually (but not always) exempt from the "Don't call your parents by their name" rule, especially if they're relatively new. No, I don't mean when some ask you, “Hey, what's your mom's name?" But yeah, I've heard a few stepparents referred to by their names - my high school sweetheart called her mom "mom" but her stepdad "Philip", for instance. "Duck Dynasty" star Willie Robertson revealed he's long called his parents by their first names because they've always treated their kids like adults. if she throws a tantrum while putting her in the car, I'd rather she shout 'no, Daddy' so people think I'm a terrible parent instead of a kidnapper). Becky E. asks: Why do we call parents mom and dad? I found this to be a little strange and don't want to encourage it for practical reasons (e.g. It was more of an understanding between my fiancé and I. To me, calling your parents by their first names, especially to their faces, is the utmost form of disrespect you can show them.
"Children hear their parents and other adults calling each other by their first names and they want to mimic them," says Darshak Sanghavi, an assistant professor at the University of Massachusetts Medical School and author of A Map of the Child: A Pediatrician's Tour of the Body. In fact, researchers feel it is one of the most damaging forms of bullying. Glad to see you have been raise with such wonderful manners! Although it's not entirely common, plenty of children call their parents by their first name. Instead, they use a word such as … Here is my opinion though: I think calling a parent by their first name is very disrespectful. 2. The Kardashians call their matriarch, Kris Jenner, by her name from time to time. - Relate, Share and Bond with others who experience Similar Worlds to you. I don't care if you're five or fifty-five, if you address your parents by their first names, it shows that you have absolutely no respect for them. I would not like it if my children called me by my first name and wouldn't allow it.
Name-calling can have serious consequences on mental health.
If they ask you to use their first names, do so. No, I don't mean when some ask you, “Hey, what's your mom's name?" Family situations are all going to be different, and in each of them kids choose to either address their parents by their parental titles or by their first names. I have a few friends with older kids who call me by my first name and a couple others who call me “Auntie”—but to Anna’s classmates, friends and their parents, I’ve … Calling adults by their first name has become the cultural norm in households, neighborhoods, and even schools.