When I was a kid (1950's-'60's), kids called adults that we knew, such as

[raccoon]

a classmate's parents, "Mr. John," and "Miss Sue."

Anyone else do that?

[zanne]

1. I thought that was a southern thing.

We used to go by Mr. and Mrs., or Miss _____. (Last name)

[raccoon]

2. This was in SC. Don't know if kids still do that. nt

[zanne]

3. I think it's really cute. nt

[Pithlet]

17. It is a southern thing.

I'd never heard it done until I moved down here. It still sounds weird to me, tacking a formal address onto a first name.

[Inchworm]

4. I still do that

oddly only to females, hmm.

I do imagine I'm spelling it "Ms." as I say it though.

weird.

:hi:

[Lydia Leftcoast]

5. We called them "Mr. Last Name" and "Mrs. Last Name," unless

they were close friends of the family, in which case we called them "Auntie First Name" and "Uncle First Name."

[MANative]

7. We did that too!

I remember when I was about 8 or 9 years old, and the 7 year old daughter of one of these "aunties" kept telling everyone that we were cousins. I told her that we weren't real cousins, just "friend cousins" and she cried for days about it! I guess she forgave me though, because about 10 years later, she introduced me to my husband, to whom I've now been married for 25 years. :)

[LibertyLover]

15. That's what we did in my family too

Mr. X or Mrs. Y, but Auntie A and Uncle B if they were good friends of the family. There was only one adult whom I called by her first name when I was child and that was because she specifically asked my mom that I not call her Auntie Artemis because she just didn't like the sound of it, so I called her Artemis like all the adults in the family.

For my own daughter, we do aunt and uncle if they are really close friends and Mr. first name and Mrs. first name if they are not close, for example when I bring her to the office.

[supernova]

6. It's a southern thing I think - We did too in NC

Though there was "Miss Judy" from Romper Room. :-)

[sarge43]

8. If they're long term close friends of the parents, Uncle John or Aunt Jane,

otherwise, Mr., Mrs, or Miss. And wouldn't say it was a Southern thing. I'm Midwest, husband New England and that's how it was.

[karmaqueen]

9. still do it here.

Kids still call us "miss" first name & "mr" first name. even some of the transplants have picked it up. I think it is just fine. As long as kids aren't calling me nasty names I'm happy!

[gbate]

10. I think it might be a southern thing. When I moved to MD from CT that sounded weird to me.

My mother told me I should refer to adults by their last name.

[Rabrrrrrr]

11. We called them Mr. Lastname or Mrs. or Ms. Lastame

I never called any of my friends parents by their first names until I was in my 30s.

[momophile]

12. that's how it's done at my daughter's daycare

which is not in the South.

[Maestro]

13. My kids do.

And I am in Texas. The only adults called by last name are teachers and anyone involved in education.

[Arugula Latte]

14. We called adults "Mr. or Mrs. X" as kids in the 70s, but I really can't stand that practice.

It makes me cringe when someone calls me that, and I'm sorry, that type of formality just doesn't sit well with me. My kids' friends would never call me "Mrs. X," and I'm glad about that.

[LeftyMom]

16. I wasn't raised that way, but I'm from California and we have an allergy to formality.

Most of our teachers went by their first names too. :shrug:

[zingaro]

18. We did use formal address. My kids always

call adults "Miss Ann" or "Mr. Mike".

It just sounds better than "um, hey Jenny's mom?"