Mom, Dad, Mum, Pops, Father, Mother, Papa ect...

I was thinking today, if I ever decided to spawn I don't really see a purpose in having the child grow up to call me Mom, or anything of the sort.

To what purpose would it serve? I don't see it as special, seeing as all Moms are referred to as Mom, Mum, Mother... ect. That would be the same as constantly referring to your child as "son" or "daughter". We have names, why does having a family seem to cancel this out?

So why exactly do you TFSers out there with children bring them up to refer to you as mother and Father?

And for those of you who don't, why?

Just curious I guess.

We are not the only animal who calls their mom, well, mom.
Plus I like the name. It's only 3 letters.

No lazy arses allowed in my thread. Get out.

It's cold outside.

*Hand ear muffs and scarf*

Thanks.

Booo! No one is answering my thread.

Stigma,what you say is right,we all have names and most little kids do go through a stage where they call their parents by first name,now that sounds all very cute,but you expect,well maybe hope,they'll show you some respect as they get a little Older,so we expect to be called Mum and Dad,whether the child likes it or not that's who we are to them and nothing will change it.

I'm 58,my Father is 86 and my Mother is 83 and to this day they still have my respect,two of my grandkids just walk past me and say nothing,I can handle that,because one day the little s***s will want something from me,and guess who will just get up and walk away,laugh and say f*** off.

It appears to me that Family values in some cases have been eroded,with a lot of things today,but once you stop calling your parents Mum and Dad,I think that's about ends it for you,well that's only my opinion.

Interesting. Well, I call my parents Mum and Pops... because they ask me to, but I think I would like my children if I have them to call me Sara, and if I bring them up right, I think they will have respect for me, no matter what I want them to call me Mom/Sara, whatever.

Where I do see what you are saying, I do not think that is necessary for respect.

Each to their own then

NO! Not each to their own! You may NOT have an opinion.

Coarse silly!

My kids are gonna call me Daddy....either that or Dummy Poopface.

To be honest, I've never really thought about calling my mum and dad by their names, it's just traditional to call them mum and dad.

I'd want to be called mum I think.

Its a sign of respect. There are different variations of the word mother that can be spoken (at least in my Indian language) that show respect. As the mom gets older..we usually change the regular mummy that we refer to when we are young to Matha or mathagi to show a higher level of respect.

IDK

Plus it holds a lot of weight. I understand where you are coming from in the sense that all moms are referred to as mom. But if i was to introduce my mom by her name and not mention that she is my mom...she would be just another person, people wont see that this is the lady that raised me and gave me all the qualities I have now. But by introducing her as "my mom" people's attitude changes if you look closely. There have been plenty of times that when I introduce my mom, people are like "oh so this is your mother, I have been wanting to meet you" and so they regard her in different manner in respect to me.

If I ever called an my parents by their first name...or any adult, I'd get a smuck