Thursday, October 29, 2009

That's Mrs Wright To You

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?


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4 Comments:

At October 29, 2009 3:17 PM, Blogger ka said...

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...

 
At October 29, 2009 6:02 PM, Anonymous Alison said...

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.

 
At November 01, 2009 11:12 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

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

 
At November 02, 2009 1:18 PM, Anonymous Caitlin said...

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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