Did you grow up calling your parents by their first names?

Yes, my parents did emergency foster care. We just slipped into it.

No.

I was born in 1958 and I don't know anyone of my generation who did.

My son has always called me by my first name. Not something I encouraged, he just did it.

No, although a friend of mine her son calls his Dad by his name instead of "Dad" and has done so from about 6ish (they're married and he's the bio dad etc). It sounded odd to my ears because I've not known anyone else do so but if they're comfortable with it - felt more strange when the DS was young but now he's an adult it seems more normal somehow.

I knew a child at primary school who called her parents by their first names. With hindsight she was very much expected to fit in with their lives (eg could never attend birthday parties because they went to the countryside every weekend) and I wonder if the first name thing was part of the same picture.

I considered it as i don’t like a hierarchy and we don’t call our children ‘daughter’ or ‘son’!

Didn’t go with it in the end. I felt that being called Mummy was special and also it would have bothered me if others thought i wasn’t their mum!

Never called my parents by their first names - they've always been Mum and Dad, wouldn't have occurred to me to do otherwise. DD calls my dad by his nickname most of the time ("Chalky!!! where are youuuuuuu!") but she's the only one of the Gkids who does.

Sometimes call my mum by her first name , not sure why, have done since being a teen

You gotta be joking! This was the 1950s mother and father
My last nextdoor neighbours,kids of 4 and 5, called their parents by their Christian names,heard dad say once" also known as dad".

My cousin used to call her mum Bev (short for her name, Beverly) I think it started as a teen. My cousin is lovely and really unpretentious but I couldn't get over it when I was a, child! It, seemed slightly shocking to me at the time!

My stepchild calls me by my ne so my children occasionally did it over the years when they were little. I didnt massively care but used to say "thats mum or The Governor to you" but not make a fuss and they stopped eventually. I don't think it would have bothered me if they carried on really but it did get weird looks when me eldest at four was "running" a raxe at sports day yelling "Petulant, petulant, look"... Maybe the looks were because he was losing by miles 😂

No, I would hate it if they did.

The only time we’ve discussed it was when DS did an internship at my office, I told him he didn’t need to call me mum in the office and my name was fine. He said don’t be silly, everyone knows your my mum and it’s really disrespectful to call you by your name.

My DS calls me and his dad by our first names. He's 11 now and has never called my mummy. It makes me sad. He's autistic though and has never been able to get his head around why he wouldn't use my name.

Yup, always called them by their names, at least from age 7, & don't really remember further back.

Didn't bother them (also wouldn't have bothered them if I'd have said Mum/Dad), but did bother extended family and acquaintances and a bunch of other people who it has nothing to do with.

Have several friends who also do/did.

No. They were Mum & Dad. I haven't come across anyone who calls their parents by their first names either, but then I've also not known many artsy/hippy/relaxed/middle class parents. I don't like it, but I suspect that's just because it's not what I'm used to hearing, there's nothing inherently wrong with it. So it's really up to you, but I suspect most people will think it a bit odd and your kids will always get questions about it.

Sometimes called my parents by their name and a lot when I was speaking of them. My daughter calls me by my first name when she is mad at me .She knows I don't like it. My son never does .

My mum preferred to be called by her first name. My dad preferred Dad.

My kids all call me Mum but call their dad by his first name. No idea why. One started and the others followed.

Neither of us is very bothered either way.

I didn't call my parents by their first names, but my own kids used to call my husband (their dad) by his first name, I think because they heard me saying his name such a lot.

its wierd isnt it? But my kids have called us by our first names for years and i have no idea why. It was just something they started doing. My youngest does call me mama occasionally when hes thanking me for somethin, but if he asks me something he will address me by my first name. Neither can explain why.

One of them. No idea why, it just happened and didn't seem odd to us although sometimes friends commented on it. They were definitely both our real parents. I was born in the early 70s.

The parent we addressed by name also addressed one parent by name, but we used the usual 'grand' name. That was going back to the 1940s!

I would hate my kids to call me by mummy first name, it feels cold and takes away the special name you afford your children to call you.

I'm the opposite I love being Auntie Redglitter. My nieces are adult now but wouldn't think of calling me by first name & I'm certainly not to suggest it

My DH and his siblings always called their parents by their first names. I find it really odd! To their grandchildren they are now known as Granny Caroline and Rob.

When I was a teenager, I went through a phase of calling my dad by his first name because I thought it sounded funny. My mum and brother hated it. My dad wasn't bothered at all. Didn't last for long.
He's been gone 8 years now, and I do miss him. Thanks for bringing back a funny memory. He was such a lovely man.