do you call your parents with their names?

certainly not. Neither I called my parents with names, nor do my children call me by names. We talk in singular but not by names.

Hi, well yes even i have heard my people and even small kids calling thier parents by their first names or they keep pet names for their parents,and i too feel that it does not show respect and it looses out the special place parents have in thier kids life. It somehow gives an impression of a over friendly relationship, where as i feel there should be some respect, some little distance that demarks parents from others, whom the kids should look upto and respect and call with a little respect giving them their honour. No, i have never called my parents by their names, i dare not and i dont even feel like it, nor do our kids call us by our first names, we remain papa-mama for them, and we like it that ways too. :)

We do not call our parents by their names, it is not part of our culture (I am from India). I have not met anyone here calling his parents by their first name, by not calling parents by their name, a distance between kids and parents and parents' respect is maintained.

Personally, I call my parents a number of different things. Mainly, I call them mum and dad, or variations of that/nicknames, such as mama, daddy, papa bear, little mummy etc. But there are also occasions when I feel more comfortable calling them by their names, or when it is easier, such as in a crowd.

Of course not. In our country call parents'name means you don't respect your parents. We are educated to respect our eldership from our childhood.