What do your kids call your friends and other adults?

[mom2lucy]

DD is 22 mo. and we've recently been around some other families with kids about her age and one family was referring to us as "Mr. (last name) and Mrs (last name)" and the other referred to us as Miss (first name) and Mr. (first name). I hadn't even thought of that and definitely feel that something respectful should be added to adults names, but I don't know what.
So what do your kids call other adults, and is it different depending on age?

Thanks!

[tbone_kneegrabber]

What they want to be called.....which so far is always "firstname"

[Oliver'sMom]

We just use first names with friends of any age. We're not that formal I guess.

[Mama Mko]

They call adults whatever I call them, which usually means their first name.

[laughymama]

Uncle or Aunt so-and-so. He's only 19 months right now though so he'll say their name and pat their knee and the Uncle/Aunt thing hasn't stuck yet.

We definitely will be teaching him 'sir' 'maam' 'mr' and 'ms' though for people we don't yet know. It's just polite.

Our kids will call people whatever they wish to be called which is always just their first name. Playdates go the same way. Always just first names because our playdates are typically with friends.

[Hedgehog Mtn]

For people we are very close to or have known well for years it's uncle/aunt. For people we know or meet it's miss or mr firstname. For a few it's first name. If it's someone we just met it's mr/mrs lastname until they say "just call us....." At that point it's still mr/miss firstname to show respect.

[Bug-a-Boo's Mama]

For us, I would be perfectly happy with DS calling people by their first name, or what I/we call them, that is how I grew up. But in our Mother's group...and the first place I heard the Mrs. Heather deal...it depends. If a mother refers to me as Mrs, then I had DS refer to her the same way. Otherwise it is just firstname. I didn't do the Mrs deal at first, but didn't want to offend anyone, so just go with the flow now.

[VisionaryMom]

In our circle of friends, the kids call everyone by first names.

[Abraisme]

Originally Posted by Oliver'sMom

We just use first names with friends of any age. We're not that formal I guess.

[hipumpkins]

first names. One set of my kids' friends call me "Miss" first name but everyone else just calls me Valerie.
I don't mind Miss first name but I do not let anyone call me Mrs. Last name.
My kids call everyone by their first name.

[34me]

Seems like a very regional thing. We all use first names...

[Drummer's Wife]

First names. But that's b/c we don't know people who prefer to be called Mr. or Mrs. If we did, I would assume my children would refer to them however they introduced themselves.

[Grace and Granola]

We use Miss Firstname and Mr Firstname--althought that Mr. Firstname thing just sounds odd to me! I think for the most part it's because the majority of our friends are friends from church and all of us moms work as teachers in the various Sunday school rooms and that is what we're called there, so it just transfers to home. I really think it's sweet and shows a certain amount of "respect for elders" in a way that isn't so formal as ma'am and sir.

For super close friends, we have a couple of aunt/uncle so-and-so.

[Bokonon]

Our best friends are aunt and uncle. Everyone else is first name.

[snoopy5386]

best friends are "uncle", most everyone else is either just first name or miss/mr first name.

[mistymama]

I think this is very regional and will change depending on where you live. Here in the deep south it's pretty common for kids to say "miss firstname" or "mr firstname" and that just sounds odd to me.

Most of ds's friends call me "ds's mom" but sometimes they say my first name. Ds is the same way.

[FiveLittleMonkeys]

We use 'Miss FirstName' and 'Mr. FirstName.' We've lived in the South for most of our marriage, so it just stuck.

[Oubliette8]

I live in the midwest and here its Mrs Lastname and Mr. Lastname. The exception seems to be teachers who work with young children, who sometimes go by "Miss Firstname"

I still remember when I first met one of our best friends families as a child. They asked me to call them "Frank and Nancy". I came home and announced that I'd been at Frank and Nancy's house and my parents were like "Excuse me?!? You mean Mr and Mrs Smith?" They had a talk with Frank and Nancy, who explained that in California, where they moved from, kids called adults by their first name, and that was how they wished to be addressed. They were the only adults I was ever permitted to call by their first names.

[JL83]

Just first names.

I think adults have enough power as it is that they don't need any more by having some sort of title used.

But, I also don't mind when she calls me by my first name. She normally tries mama first, but if I don't respond she'll switch to my first name because that's more likely to get my attention.

[northwoods1995]

Originally Posted by Oliver'sMom

We just use first names with friends of any age. We're not that formal I guess.

We use first names too.