2007-06-07 04:16:27 · 27 answers · asked by Giggly Giraffe 7 in Family & Relationships ➔ Family
I am almost 50 and my mother is still "Mom" to me and my brother. I think it would be very disrespectful to call your parents by their first name.
2007-06-07 05:08:57 · answer #1 · answered by J D 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm an adult and never call my mom by her real name unless there are a lot of people around and I need to get her attention.
Some people grow up never calling their parents mom or dad, but by their first name. Some would never consider calling their parents anything other than mom and dad. It depends on the family. I guess you have to do what's comfortable to you.
2007-06-07 13:01:34 · answer #2 · answered by Lwood 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would be very upset if my grown child called me by my first name....that is just not very respectful. I would never call my parents by their first names either. Some families are different. Ask your parents how they feel about it and go with what they say. There must be a reason why you are asking. "Parental units" sounds so cold...I would say you are not very close to them. That is so sad and I feel bad for you. If you can let them know how you feel it would be best....they will always BE your parents whether you like them or not. You may need them sometime.....they may need you.
2007-06-07 11:44:44 · answer #3 · answered by bethybug 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am 26 and I still refer to them as Mom and Dad. I dropped the mommy and daddy thing around age 12, but still use the casual Mom and Dad. It is who they are. No matter how old I get there are still my parents. My mother still refers to my grandmother as Mom.
I would feel odd calling my parents by their first names. They were wonderful parents to me, they earned the title of Mom and dad. It would feel disrespectful to call them by their first names. Of course, my husband uses their first names as I call his parents by their first names. But to call my own by their first names would just feel like an emotional slap across the face.
Unless they were not involved in your life (i.e bio parents of adopted kids), or exceptionally crual causing you to break contact for several years, then you should always call them Mom and Dad.
2007-06-07 12:31:07 · answer #4 · answered by scottishduffy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should always call you parents Mom and Dad becasue no matter what age you are, they are still you MOM and DAD. It is RUDE to call parents or even aunts and uncles by their name.
2007-06-07 11:41:09 · answer #5 · answered by SG GAL 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there's no specific time, I'm 18 (have a boyfriend), I have 22 years old sister (who's engaged), a 25 years old brother (who just married), and a 29 years old brother (who married 3 years ago), we all still call our parents "mom and dad" even "mommy and daddy". I think it's important if you don't stop because I believe as they're getting old they need to know that you still love them, and by calling them sweet names, mommy, daddy, that shows it a little bit.That give them comfort, it helps them to know that they've done a gone a good job, they surely don't like a lot of changes, please help them, you already grown which is a change, don't add any more. Call them "mommy and daddy",and not some names like everybody else call them, trust me all parents love that, it make them feel that you still know that they count in your life, that they're still have powers over you,that they're still your parents.
make them feel that you're still the little kid who will call ''mommy, daddy" whenever he/she has a problem. (bathroom needs, food needs, money needs, etc...)
Please don't stop calling them mom and dad.
2007-06-07 11:38:30 · answer #6 · answered by Melissa 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Never. In our family that is disrespectful to callyour parents by their names... at some point in life you can go from calling them mommy and daddy to mom and dad but never by their name...
2007-06-07 11:28:10 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Depends on your culture and relationships. My sister (45, eldeest) still calls our parents "mom" and "dad", while my husband has called his parents by their first names since he was 14 or so.
My family is a little more traditional.
2007-06-07 11:38:38 · answer #8 · answered by anonymouse 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I still call my mother mom except when trying to get her attention I'll call her by her first name. My father I have never called anything except his first name. To me mom and dad are a sign of respect.
2007-06-07 11:24:34 · answer #9 · answered by Nick 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
When you can support yourself without any help from your mom and dad.
I don't know why you wouldn't want to call your parents Mom and Dad unless they weren't good at raising you and weren't there for you.
2007-06-07 11:43:17 · answer #10 · answered by Jasper 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋