Comments on: Who’s Your Daddy? – Calling a Parent by Their First Name http://www.straightdopedad.com/whos-your-daddy-child-calling-parent-by-first-name/ Fatherhood Advice From a Self Employed Stay at Home Dad. Tricks and Tips for Raising Children. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 04:56:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Straight Dope Dad http://www.straightdopedad.com/whos-your-daddy-child-calling-parent-by-first-name/comment-page-1/#comment-2020 Straight Dope Dad Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:25:40 +0000 http://www.straightdopedad.com/?p=477#comment-2020 True that. There are unwritten laws that govern our society. A good one is "don't cut in line". There is no law against it, and you can't get sued for doing it, but it's a useful rule based on fairness. We should follow those. All others, like don't address a parent by their first name, have no basis for existence other than personal preference. These I believe we should all ignore or follow based upon how well it aligns with our own beliefs. True that. There are unwritten laws that govern our society. A good one is “don’t cut in line”. There is no law against it, and you can’t get sued for doing it, but it’s a useful rule based on fairness. We should follow those. All others, like don’t address a parent by their first name, have no basis for existence other than personal preference. These I believe we should all ignore or follow based upon how well it aligns with our own beliefs.

]]> By: Rob http://www.straightdopedad.com/whos-your-daddy-child-calling-parent-by-first-name/comment-page-1/#comment-2019 Rob Tue, 27 Jul 2010 21:19:10 +0000 http://www.straightdopedad.com/?p=477#comment-2019 Thank you so much for this post! My son calls me Rob, and I've never cared because I know my role and I know he loves me and knows who I am, but it's "weird" for him to call me that by society's standards, and my mom comments about it and that gets to me. I think your post will really help me deal with it. It's really not a big deal, and if I make it a big deal it's not going to help my son at all, and that should be my concern, not how other people feel about my relationship with my son. Thanks again! Thank you so much for this post!

My son calls me Rob, and I’ve never cared because I know my role and I know he loves me and knows who I am, but it’s “weird” for him to call me that by society’s standards, and my mom comments about it and that gets to me.

I think your post will really help me deal with it. It’s really not a big deal, and if I make it a big deal it’s not going to help my son at all, and that should be my concern, not how other people feel about my relationship with my son.

Thanks again!

]]> By: Straight Dope Dad http://www.straightdopedad.com/whos-your-daddy-child-calling-parent-by-first-name/comment-page-1/#comment-93 Straight Dope Dad Mon, 14 Dec 2009 21:54:55 +0000 http://www.straightdopedad.com/?p=477#comment-93 Hello Erik. Your comment made my day. Thanks. Hello Erik. Your comment made my day. Thanks.

]]> By: Erik http://www.straightdopedad.com/whos-your-daddy-child-calling-parent-by-first-name/comment-page-1/#comment-92 Erik Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:34:37 +0000 http://www.straightdopedad.com/?p=477#comment-92 Hmmm… I remember growing up with friends that called their step parents by their first name. Maybe it was their way of distinguishing themselves from the addition or keeping the new parent in their place, but it always through me off. Your reasoning is sound, even convincing, but there is something intensely sour about having my son call me by my first name. I’ve sucked on a raw lemon, stuck my finger in a light socket, and downed a few shots of wild turkey, so maybe I’ll give it a shot and see how it feels…But there’s probably a shiver and a pucker-face in my future. Interesting post... Thanks DD. .-= Erik´s lastest blog ..<a href="http://fathershock.com/?p=88">How to Juggle Flaming Chainsaws</a> =-. Hmmm… I remember growing up with friends that called their step parents by their first name. Maybe it was their way of distinguishing themselves from the addition or keeping the new parent in their place, but it always through me off. Your reasoning is sound, even convincing, but there is something intensely sour about having my son call me by my first name. I’ve sucked on a raw lemon, stuck my finger in a light socket, and downed a few shots of wild turkey, so maybe I’ll give it a shot and see how it feels…But there’s probably a shiver and a pucker-face in my future. Interesting post… Thanks DD.
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