2007-11-26 01:38:37 · 22 answers · asked by Oh Mama 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Parenting
yes!!
2007-11-26 01:40:27 · answer #1 · answered by lynsey h 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Although I'm just a teenager who hadn't experience anything of having a child but
YES! I would be upset! No child, No matter how old they are, they should be giving respect to the person whom had given birth to them. Especially that your child is only a young 10 year old. This is not right. And it is the upmost Hurtful thing a child can ever do to their mother (I'm sorry I'm just so emotional)
2007-11-26 09:44:30 · answer #2 · answered by ciciwahyu 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Honestly, it depends on the situation.
My oldest daughter, she on occasion would call me Cyndi or Mommy Cyndi and it never bothered me, because it is in fact my name and she doesn't do it ALL the time. So no, it doesn't bother me in this situation.
Now my little girl, that's a different story. She never called me that, except when my mother and myself were teaching her to say all of our names and to learn our real names. Now her father is married to *in my opinion* a jealous GIRL who's jealous, because I have a DAUGHTER by her man and all she has is two boys so far and supposedly pregnant again hoping to have a daughter. I guess that's another one for the father's mother and father to raise. His wife MAKES my daughter call her MOM and myself Cyndi and I guess about 4 weeks ago, My daughter came home calling me step mom and said that her MOM told her that I am the step mom.
Now from how I'm taking it, she's 10 and ALWAYS calling you by your actual name, No, in MY opinion, that's giving them the insight that you're more of a friend and they don't need to think you are a friend, they need to know that you're a MOTHER FIRST, but you can still be a friend as well, but being a mother always comes first.
But this is JUST my opinion.
YOur kids may think they hate you now, but I grew up to believe, because my mother was in fact a mother and NOT a friend, that she really loved me. She loved me enough to try to protect me and tried to lead me to the right paths, but yes I still make plenty of my mistakes and I don't think it has ANY thing to do with the way she raised me.
I have an Aunt who always tried to be a friend to my counsins in my POV and my cousins are in and out of Jail all the time and now one's in prison.
My little girl's father, if his father would go to discipline and his mother would stop it and if he HAD been punished, the mother would go and undo it, that's not good, because he's in and out of jail as well all the time.
2007-11-26 10:09:22 · answer #3 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
yes, but hopefully it's just a faze he's going through. it's true, kids do pick up a lot from friends at school, and maybe he feels it's 'cooler' to call you by your first name. maybe just ask him why he's suddenly started calling you Karen, and tell him why it's wrong to do this. it may turn out one of his friends has a stepmom or something who he calls by her first name, in which case he would not see it as being wrong. talk to him and it will all get sorted out!
2007-11-26 09:43:48 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No..I posted a question addressing this why dont we call parents by their first name instead of mum...why dont they adress us like a person After a while I guess all you will start to feel like is 'mum'? And alot said its 'disrespectful' but I fail to see why, I knew a girl who always addressed her mum like that.
2007-11-26 09:51:59 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No not really .... I was raised to say yes sir and yes ma'am to my parents I never said mom or dad ... EVER
I raised by 2 nieces and nephew and I should have had them call me mom but I never did and it never bothered me ...
I doubt it will be much different with my own kids. As long as they acknowledge that I'm their mother I'll be happy
2007-11-26 09:47:36 · answer #6 · answered by ♥Holly Cookie Starr™♥ 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Absolutely!!!! It shows disrespect and that he has the upper hand. You need to get that under control. You are his mother and brought him into this world after 9 long months! You have earned the right to be called mom!
2007-11-26 09:48:35 · answer #7 · answered by desiwallace24 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Children should never call their parents by their first names. You are Mom and Dad (or other variations of Mom and Dad).
There are people out there who call their parents by their first name, and my opinion is that it's disrespectful. They are not their friends, they are their parents. Children aren't to call their teachers by their first names, so why call parents by first names?
2007-11-26 13:18:32 · answer #8 · answered by AV 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you don't like it (I wouldn't from a 10yr old) you don't have to respond when he uses it. Much like ignoring a shouting child, he'll go back to Mom if its what you expect of him. If you respond to him when he uses your first name, he will think that you are OK with him doing so. Its entirely up to you and what you prefer.
2007-11-26 09:47:30 · answer #9 · answered by elizabeth v 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Yes, I would be angry... tell them that they are to call you Mom and don't answer or acknowledge them when they call you by your first name. My cousin used to call her parents by their first name and they let her get away with it! It drove my mother nuts... I would've never even thought to call my mother anything but Mom.
2007-11-26 09:43:32 · answer #10 · answered by Holy Macaroni! 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't care what my daughter calls me as long as she's talking to me. I've seen some kids on tv doing this. Maybe it's the cool new thing to do?
2007-11-26 09:42:40 · answer #11 · answered by ambertmbg1 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋