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Old Wed Dec 23, 2015, 03:22pm
JRutledge JRutledge is offline
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Originally Posted by BadNewsRef View Post
I don't let kids call me by my first name either. And I don't let my minor children call adults by their first names. Is there a problem with that?
This is the cultural thing I am talking. I was raised by people from the south and even when you were to call someone by their first name, you would say, "Miss...." or Mr......" using their first name.

And most of all we are in a professional setting, not a social setting. And even in a social setting, I do not want a kid calling me by their first name unless I have a very personal relationship with them like by best friend's kid or something where I know their parents very well.

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