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Originally Posted by Autumn
Well, in their defense, etiquette probably says that it's up to the person being referred to to decide how they like to be addressed, not the people talking to them, no? I understand what you're saying, but I think it's within people's rights to decide how they would like people to address them. If you had taught your kids to call people by the first name (for some reason) and they said, "I would like you to call me Mr. Johnson" you would expect your kid to respect that, right?
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This is how we go about it. Whenever we introduce Colin to a new adult we always ask the adult what they would like to be called. I think it is generational thing and try as you may you will be likely powerless to stop it once your kid starts having unsupervised visits to friends houses.