How do you call your parents? Do you call them by their first name?

Question

Is it wrong to call them by their first name?

Answer 1

When my Father was alive I called him "Daddy". I call my Mother "Mama". My step-father I call by his first name.
My husband calls his Father "Dad" and his Mother "Mom".
We both call our parents-in-law by their first names.
It's all a matter of what you and they prefer, and is wrong only if YOU or THEY don't like it.

Answer 2

I usually call them mom and dad. However, if we are in a shopping mall or at the grocery store and I yell out "MOM" every mother in there will answer. It is usually then that I will call out my mom's name--the only other time is when they are not listening.
Otherwise, was taught that it is disrespectful to call parents by first name. It's a personal thing though. My hippie aunt and uncle elected to have all their kids call them by their first name.
It also depends where you live in the world.

Answer 3

Mom and Dad, calling them by their first name is disrespectful.

Answer 4

why would you call your parents by their first name? They are mom and dad not john and Mary.That is just disrespectful we never even called our parents friends by their first name, we called them aunt and uncle so and so.

Answer 5

I've never called my parents by their first names. That's kinda weird. It makes it sound like you don't care about them I think.

Answer 6

Calling them by their first names would have been a good way to get smacked.

Answer 7

I called them Mom and Dad. When I had children, I also sometimes would call them Grandpa and Grandma when in front of my kids.

Answer 8

It's a lack of respect to call them by their first name.

I call them Mom and Dad

Answer 9

madre and daddy and it is not very common to call them by there first name unless they are step or something but yes it is wrong it is disrespectful and sounds better with mom or dad

Answer 10

mom and dad

but hey I'm 13. Ask them what they want to be called.