What do your children's friends call you?

[Mo2]

Mrs X?
Your first name.
'Auntie Firstname' (even if you're not related)

DS1 suddenly has become quite aware of this (staying at people's houses more/having sleepovers etc when he needs to ask for things)

I variously get called all of the above depending on how well the child knows me/ whether they've met me through school (doing parents reading etc)

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I have a friend from Texas and her children call me 'Miss Sue'. I feel like 'Miss Ellie' out of the TV prog Dallas!

Interesting point of view Basketcase. At DS's nursery I address staff and the manager by first name, however, their policy is to refer to parents as Mr or Mrs surname.... which I was told was to maintain the professionality (err??) of the relationship.

My son just calls parents and other older people his friends' "grown-ups". I think to him we're all just lumped in together and his dad and I are only marginally more important!

We use auntie *** for close friends.

Interesting point about hospitals, janh - I read a letter in one of the papers from a consultant saying that calling elderly people by their first name in hospital when they would prefer Mr/Mrs X ratchets up their stress levels and makes them very unhappy.

I'm happy to be called by any of the names from the list, but mostly it is my first name.

I teach too and totally disagree with the respect thing. In fact, ime I'd say the opposite is true. This year I've taught in two schools, one where I've been known as Mrs X and the other by my first name. I've found that the school where I am Mrs X the students have not respected me any more, if anything they have messed me around more, partly I think because they just see me as a teacher. In the other job, where I am known by my first name, I've found I've had a lot better relationship with the students, it has been more real and less hassle. But then I only teach 'A' level, so may be different!!

The only Thing I dislike is being known as Auntie. I agree with the others as I feel that it is a sign of respect for true aunties and uncles and would not want my child to be calling random adults aunty or uncle if they wanted it. In my view its a little bit disrespectful to the special role of the real auntie / uncle and undermines their special relationship. But if someone else wanted their children to call me auntie, then I'd let them... each to their own and all that!

Don't like being called Mrs X... makes me feel like I'm at work and I feel it makes me seem too distant.

But as I said, Just my views and each to his own!!

"Oi you" is what i'm used to ... ... coz I'm such a BAD childminder ...

Suedonim I was an au pair in Texas and that was exactly what happened - took the children to gym class taught by "Mr Rob" and to a creche run by "Miss Joyce". In a way I think this is quite a good idea.

My friend's kids all call me by my first name (abbreviated form) and the kids at nursery (who probably don't know my name) call me "DS's mummy".

Bozza, I rather like the Miss/Mr idea, as well. It's a half-way house, I think, between casual first name and formal title and surname. Americans still use 'Sir' and 'Ma'am' quite a bit, I noticed, esp when youngsters speak to the older generation.