My younger step brother (he reminds me a lot of Johnny!) calls his mother by her first name. In his situation she has never been much of a mother to him even though he lived with her most of the time. In his opinion she has not given any reason to be called that. I have to say, with the way he was treated, I agree.
He lived in Germany for two years and calls his host mom and dad mom and dad and calls there kids, my sister and my brother. Sometimes he will call my mom mom but it is usually around my little sister who has my mom and his dad as parents. I am NOT trying to say that Johnny call his mom Patti or Pasha because she has not been a good mom. Obviously that is NOT the case. That is just one reason that people do.
I see more and more people here (USA) calling their parents by their first name. At least in the part of the country I am in. I think sometimes it is the cool thing to do. I know that if I call my dad by his first name I would get my butt kicked, and my mom would be very upset if I called her by her first name.
My little cousin use to call her parents by their first names all the time when she was very little. That is because they would say go tell Tommy or give this to Jaylene instead of saying go tell Daddy or give this to Mommy. It didnt bother my aunt and uncle at all. They didnt even seam to notice until my mom said something. Then they seamed confused as to why it was a big deal. I lived with my aunt and uncle when my cousin was about 3 or 4. I stared calling them mommy and daddy (they have been better parents to me than my own have) around her and then she started using it more. Now she usually calls them mom and dad but still used their first names sometimes, especially when she want to get their attention (she is 7 now almost 8) .
Any way I am sorry this is so long. I just hope it helps some people see as to why kids call their parents by their first names.


~Xrystal

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