Do you call your parent by their first name?

its just respect to call your parents/elderly by mom, dad, mr or mrs for e.g. you dont go calling teachers by there first name like andrew you would put a mr in front of it as a sign of respect but in your case probably your parents would correct you while you were still young to call them mom/dad so i would say yes you are respecting them because of the way you were brought up but i doubt you would calling your grandmother by her first name now would you

I never call my parents by their "first" name...actually in our society we don't call any of our elderly person by their name even if he/she is just 1 day older than us. I know there are different cultures and different views among people but just believe that everybody want to call their parents by 'mom' or 'dad' or by the similar expressions like I call my mom 'Ma' or 'Ammu' and dad 'Baba' or 'Abbu'.

I have friends who call their mum by her first name. She accepts it. And that's perhaps their culture. Thought it's cool. But I've never heard anything like that in our Asian culture.

In our family, we are used of calling our parents with their first names but with mom and dad. For my mother it's mommy belle and daddy tin for my father. Kuya (big brother) michael and kuya bernie for my siblings. We find it cool, unique and more personal.

I think that it is a little strange (or disrespectful) to call your parents by their first name, but then again, each family is different. I have always called my parents "mom" and "dad", and I will keep doing that for as long as I live.

I don't call my parents by their name. I think many people may call their parents by their names because they think of them as more of a friend than the people who take care of them.

Hello kolsti87, I never called my parents by there first name. I know my other brothers or sisters did and my parents were really mad. They will always be called Mom or Dad from me. Thanks and have a great day! Sincerely Unique16

No, I never called my parents by their first name. It is not customary in my culture, or in my family so I would feel very strange doing so. But each family makes it's own rules, so I cannot say if this is good or bad in other cases. If your dad does not mind it, why not?

I never call my parents by their first names. I find it to be disrespectful. I have never called my dad by his first name.. nor have I called my mom by hers. I did make up a cute nickname for her one time lol so that she'd fit in with us. La Ice. LOL

I don't think there something wrong by calling your parents by their first name. But it really depends on your country/culture. Because here in the Philippines, we don't call our parents by their name. We call them Mommy/Daddy, Mama/Papa or Nanay/Tatay. I call my parents Mama and Papa.

Our culture is different than yours. =) We're strictly not allowed to call our parents with their first names. But even if I'm allowed to, I don't think I could. I don't know, calling your mom 'mom' kinda gives a soothing and calming feeling and kinship. I don't know about you guys but this is how I feel. And calling my dad 'dad' gives me a sense of security. Calling my parents 'mom' and 'dad' gives me the feeling that they're authority, and they're going to take care of my siblings and I, and we could depend on them. =)

Probably your dad wants to show that even if his your father, you are the captain of your own ship...:D Hmmm, I call my parents by their first name if I'm joking or I'm extremely angry and that I plead to allow me to give my explanation...:D Haha...:D I don't really allow my parents to get angry at me if they haven't heard of my side yet...:D Open communication..:D

If it's ok with them, then I guess it's fine. But it would have been better if you got used to calling them mom or dad. Besides, the title "MOM" and "DAD" are reserved for only two people in your life. You can't just call anybody mom or dad so it would have been special if you call your parents such. For the parents, all other people may call them by their first name but only their kids have the privilege of calling them mom or dad.

I never used to call my parent by their first name because I find it that to be disrespectful. I think different country have different society, in our society we never call anybody by their first name, even the person is one day older than us. I have never used to call my father by his first name nor called mother by her, and I used to call dad or mom. I truely believe that everybody will call their parent by dad or mom.

Hi there, well i am a parent of three children and my eldest two children call me by my name and i love it, i had the eldest boy when i was 18 and my eldest daughter when i was 20 and as i was still young i didnt want to be called mummy so they call me Dee which is short for my real name and i never though this was disrepectful as we are like best friends. i had my youngest child when i was a lot older so she calls me mum, I think calling your parents by their names is cool as not all kids can do this because of an age gap or authority of parents, its much nicer to break down the traditional barriers and be friends as well as parents.