Emily, Darcie, and I were having an interesting conversation during our pedicures last night that I'm still thinking about today. Then I went online today and saw this Momversation on exactly the same topic.
So what do you think?
Should kids address adults formally?
Do you think this influences how they respect adults?
What were you expected to do when you were a child?
Labels: Mommy Stuff, Stuff I'm Thinking About
posted by Lindsay @ 3:00 PM
Sharing the journey that has taken me from being a single girl in the advertising agency world to a married mommy running my own freelance writing and consulting business (and every random adventure in between).
THINGS I LOVE: Thunderstorms, power ballads, princess camping, exploring new cities, Jon Stewart, greatest hits CDs, clever ads, packing for a trip, George Clooney, impractical footwear, movies about spies, Starbucks, reading an entire book in one sitting, a house full of friends, movies about spies, buying presents, a perfect French manicure, warm modernist architecture, getting flowers for no reason, being faux brunette, Mary Poppins, making lists on Post-It notes, decorating for Christmas, having a brilliant middle-of-the-night 'aha!' idea and then actually remembering it in the morning / THINGS I HATE: People who whine, wearing sweats in public, 2-in-1 shampoo and conditioner, birds, American tourists in foreign countries, taking down the Christmas tree, poems that rhyme, the misuse of semicolons, being lied to, unpacking after a trip, being closed-minded, naming your kid something common but then spelling it stupidly, cowboys, overly cautious drivers, fake curse words, ridiculously long surnames, strangers who start awkward conversations with you in places you can't readily escape
4 Comments:
I don't remember doing the Mr/Mrs thing as a kid. Usually adults had the dubious honour of being "Tamara's Mom" or "Steve's Dad" and we didn't often called them a name in a direct conversation with them. But my memory could have failed me...
Can I just say I'm not sure I was Briony calling me Mrs. Friesen? I'd be looking for Frances. Though I do think it would bring a different level of respect if it was done. I still have a hard time referring to any of my old teachers as anything but Mr or Mrs...
I am not crazy AT ALL about being called Mrs. Fehr. I don't mind Mrs. Alison but I also allow my kids friends to call me Alison. I hate getting hung up on stuff like that. There are bigger things to worry about in my opinion. If the friends were being disrespectful to me my guess is they probably wouldn't be coming over anymore:)Just my 2 cents.
something about being called Mrs or ---is important to set the pace for a child respecting the person who is older and not related.In German you call the senior by 20 years as YE instead of DU.Ye is plural for the unfamiliar person and a form of respect for the elder.Check with your grandparents!! Grandma K
As a kid I was expected to refer to people as Mrs. So-and-so until they corrected me. Most of my friend's parents did get me to call them by their first name.
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