Using Mom instead of Mum

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DD is English, but has my American accent and calls me Mom, which I like and prefer. We have decided to homeschool her for right now, she is 3, born in July. The plan is for her to eventually move to a primary school. I've been getting my lesson plans together and preparing the supplies and things I will need and I came upon using Mum vs Mom. My DH thinks we should teach her Mum because that is what they will use in school, but I think we should use Mom because that is how she says it and what I like to be called.

If she goes to school will she be told she is wrong for using Mom and be "corrected"? If they are making Mother's Day cards or talking about Mothers will she forced to use Mum?

Cody like Solihull then? DCousin lives there and she is Mom.
As for bab - I hate it! I was always called Bab when I was growing up (could be to do with my name though, it's not dissimilar from Bab anyway!)

Definitely mom in West Midlands. There has been a drive to have Mothers' day cards with 'mom' on them. Whatever you do don't get into a debate about the exact location of the Black Country. It can get very heated!!

Solihull is well posh cock

What were the circumstances your DH thought it would event come up?

And even if the school did try and "correct" your child, the child would correct them right back surely?

I have a mom in Birmingham but I am a mam.

My DH didn't say anything other than it's what they would teach in school.

It was my own concerns about her being corrected and being marked wrong unfairly for using something she was taught was the correct way. Just as a previous poster said a child was corrected for using Mom. I think the concerns are based on me messing up rather than the school or teacher like me inadvertently teaching her how to misspell something, color vs colour for example.

Our reasons for homeschooling right now are numerous, the main ones being we are planning on moving and don't want to get her settled into school and then pull her out and move her into a new school, there aren't really any good schools nearby, and I'm finding it extremely difficult to trust the care of my child with a complete stranger.

Dp is from west midland and says mom, I am from east midlands and say mum. When we had ds dp kept saying mom and I didn't like it, but it was normal for him. We have settled on mummy, and that is what ds says, but I wouldn't care whatever he said or if teachers corrected him (would hope they wouldn't tho).

We are in Birmingham and my dds were taught to write mommy in nursery. I'm not originally from here and got a bit irate about it

It won't matter, honestly.

Are you ready for home schooling if you're going to worry over the small stuff?

I'm American. I taught all 3 kids to say mum. DS1 (almost 11) decided a couple of years ago to get in touch with his American roots and uses a wide variety of American spellings / pronunciations, including mom. I don't mind. I let him carry on. DD calls me Mum. That's fine too. Ds1 also says aluminum, "zee" for the letter z, and many more.

It doesn't matter. I welcome his American pride. But equally DD identifies with being English, and that's fine too.

You are worrying about nothing.

My DC grew up overseas and used to go to local schools rather than international schools. It's funny what 'foreign' terms they have retained now they are adults. Apart from suggesting they don't use pants to talk about their trousers I can't think of any other terms that I felt needed correcting once we moved to the UK.

I can't believe anyone would ever notice the use of Mom instead of Mum.

I'm a Mom, living amongst a load of Mam's.

I don't think my children have ever been corrected, nor come to think of it really questioned why I am Mom and everyone else is called Mam - including MIL.

I always write Mum though, as do my children.

Only parts of the West Midlands say Mom it's definitely Mum where I live in the West Midlands.

Quook,

Might also want to steer clear of "fanny pack".

And, of course, every Americans favourite item on the school list is the rubber.

It was definitely 'mum' where I grew up in West Midlands (Hereford) and still mum in the bit of the West Midlands I currently live in (Worcester), we have family over in Leicester who use Mum and DP and family are Stoke born and bred which is Mum. About the only word they pronounce properly

Maybe it is the Birmingham/Black Country/ Wolverhampton/Dudloooy bit

I grew up in West Midlands, in the house we currently live in - moved back here when we had our first dc 13 years ago.

Everyone in the village used Mom when I was growing up, but these days everyone says Mum, I think possibly because there are very few original locals left and most people have moved into the area. My own dcs switch between the two randomly without giving it a second thought, but tend to write 'Mum', as that's what they get instructed to do when they're writing homemade cards etc at school.

My dh grew up on the other side of the main town, about a 15 minute drive from here. He also grew up saying Mom and it's still used by most people in that area.

It really won't be a problem. School will follow your child's lead on the whole. We have children from all over the world at out school and many use different names for mum, dad, and other relatives - we just follow their lead.