Do you call your parents by their first name or Mom & Dad?

[Pho3nix]

As title suggests. Lets have it.
Bonus points, do you think calling your parents by their first name is a sign of disrespect

Age group and Culture would be appreciated in your answer

 

[azbob]

Don't be silly, parents don't have names. Next you'll tell me your teachers have names too.

 

[Noob-Noob]

As title suggests. Lets have it.
Bonus points, do you think calling your parents by their first name is a sign of disrespect

Age group and Culture would be appreciated in your answer

Well, when i was about 3 or 4 my parents thought me to call them by their name.
Wish they did not do this, very awkward the older you get.

 

[satanboy]

Don't be silly, parents don't have names. Next you'll tell me your teachers have names too.

nor do they have sex

 

[Noob-Noob]

nor do they have sex

Only once, by accident.

 

[sm68]

Well, when i was about 3 or 4 my parents thought me to call them by their name.
Wish they did not do this, very awkward the older you get.

The force is strong in them

 

[Other Pineapple Smurf]

Don't be silly, parents don't have names. Next you'll tell me your teachers have names too.

+1

My eldest daughter (from my 1st marriage) called me by my first name in December while visiting me, I corrected her on the spot. My 6yr old son did the same that day (influenced by his older sister), I asked him how hard should his hiding be! He never did it again.

For me its a sign of respect, like adding a title to your friends parents or friends of the family. It makes no difference if its Oom/Tannie/Unlce/Auntie/Mr/Mrs/etc, but it shows a respect. Event the nanny gets addressed with a "title" as Auntie.

Then again I don't care about other peoples kids, I just care about mine and how I raise them.

 

[marco79]

Mommy & daddy. I'm in my 30s & they're in their late 50s. We're all coloured.

My kids also call my wife & me mommy & daddy.

 

[Other Pineapple Smurf]

Only once, by accident.

My parents never had sex, ever ! It was the stalk like in the smurfs.

 

[Lupus]

Mom and dad, used to call my dad by his name but that was to avoid confusion with my stepdad who i also call dad. 32 and white

 

[Other Pineapple Smurf]

Oh, were white. Kids raised Afrikaans, wife Afrikaans and I'm Engrish.

 

[GreyBush]

Mom and Dad... calling your parents by their first names is weird.

 

[blunomore]

Mommy!

The older you get, the more you understand just how much respect they deserve.

 

[Alton Turner Blackwood]

Mommy & daddy. I'm in my 30s & they're in their late 50s. We're all coloured.

My kids also call my wife & me mommy & daddy.

100% the same as your situation

 

[Compton_effect]

I call my Mom 'Ma' - as in 'Shady Pines, ma!' (You are showing your age if you get the joke.)
My in-laws I call by their names. Just feels wrong calling them mom and dad.

 

[Mars]

Mom and Dad. In laws by their names as above ^

 

[Ockie]

My mother is referred to as Mamma by both me and my sister.

My mom still referres to her parents as Mamma and Pappa . Just how it is. When a stern conversation is happening ... Mamma turns to Ma.

 

[tortured]

My brother and I both call our parents by their names. I've never called them mom and dad.

 

[Dolby]

My eldest daughter (from my 1st marriage) called me by my first name in December while visiting me, I corrected her on the spot. My 6yr old son did the same that day (influenced by his older sister)

Just curious :

How old is she?
Why did she do it?
How often do you see them?

 

[TehStranger]

Mom and Dad here, but I call the SO's folks by their names (at their request).

Other family members one generation or more up all get Uncle/Aunty/Oom/Tannie/Ouma/etc added to their names.

White, in my 20s, raised in a dual English/Afrikaans household.