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At what age should children stop doing this?

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LittleSugaPlum · 14/07/2012 18:44

Just out of interest, at what age is children seen as too old to be calling their parents "Mummy and Daddy?"

My husbands two children aged 8 and 10 still call their parents mummy and daddy.

I was just wondering should they have grown out of this by now, im sure i was calling my parents mum and dad from the age of 5ish.

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HeadsShouldersKneesandToes · 15/07/2012 16:44

I'm with Youaresoright - still call mine "mummy" and "daddy" and I'm in my thirties. I would be happy to continue being called "mummy" myself in the long term, I dislike the term "mum" and am considering encouraging "ma" or something if I have to abandon "mummy"

AngelDog · 15/07/2012 21:53

I'm 32 and call mine Mummy and Daddy. I'd be happy for DS to do the same, although if he wanted to call us Mum & Dad, I wouldn't press the issue.

seeker · 15/07/2012 22:03

I would stop "mentioning" things to your dp if I were you.......

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overmydeadbody · 15/07/2012 22:44

You sound a bit controlling. Like you're picking holes wherever you can in your DH's kids.

They can call their parents whatever they like, and watch tv aimed at younger audiences for as long as they like.

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DiscoDaisy · 15/07/2012 22:47

All 5 of our children still call us mummy and daddy. They range in age from 16 to 7.

snoopyplaystennis · 15/07/2012 22:57

Why does it matter? Although I would like to be mummy instead of mummeeeee all the time as they shriek at me

Pinner35 · 15/07/2012 22:59

My step sis still calls her parents Mummy and Daddy.....she's 41. My youngest dd calls me Mum.

Devora · 15/07/2012 23:12

Going from Mummy to Mum is not a sign of maturity, it's just a sign of peer norms. My dd (6) started calling me Mum at age 4, then went back to Mummy when she started school and found out everyone else was still using Mummy. It means nothing. She still watches lots of CBeebies because her only sibling is 2 and that's what she watches. Neither is a sign of immaturity.

What's the real point here? You're sounding quite critical of these children - is there more going on?

NorksAreMessy · 15/07/2012 23:20

DS (15) calls me MOTHER and I don't think DD (18) calls me anything at all. She MUST do, but I can't really hunk what

shockers · 15/07/2012 23:22

My children, aged 25, 13 and 12, all call me Mummy when we're together as a family. They call me Mum when we're out. Same with Daddy, other than 25 yr old who is DSS to my DH (he calls him Pops).

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gobbledegook1 · 16/07/2012 14:20

I always called my dad 'Daddy' when addressing him directly though he passed away when I was 25.

I'm almost 28 now and I still call my mum, 'Mummy' when I'm after something!

My DS1 (8) calls me Mum and has done for years whereas my DP's children (7 & 10) still call him Daddy. I love being called Mummy by DS2 (3) and hope he doesn't grow out of it too quickly as I love it.

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