In article <uvKdnR1JFOk3iC_VnZ2dnUVZ_srinZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, Ericka Kammerer
says...
>
>Kat wrote:
>
>> Quite frankly, I do
>> NOT want to be known as "Mrs-Something" to all the kids... That's just
maybe
>> a personal thing for me.
>
> I think that's the biggest reason for the drop off in
>the use of titles by children. It actually worries me
>a little bit, as there are definitely times when I believe one
>ought to use more formal address (and one should never presume
>to use a first name without being invited to do so), and I
>wonder whether kids will default to informal address when it's
>inappropriate because they have so little experience with
>anything else. That's not to say that I think that all kids
>must call all adults Mr/Ms/Miss/Mrs, but I think it's appropriate
>when there isn't a reasonably close relation****p. My compromise
>is the old Southern tradition of Miss/Mr FirstName when Title +
>LastName seems too formal.
I agree. And I also agree with the idea that the reason for the drop off
is
pressure from some parents. The topic would come up, a parent would
immediately
declare something on the order of "we're not fuddy-duddys here, I want to
just
be called by my first name". Leaving me to acquiesce or be a fuddy duddy.
Banty
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