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[Annalee]

I am called by ms. my first name as well!

[childcaremom]

Generally it is Miss "first name" but the group I have now calls me mom for some reason. What has happened is my own child now calls me Miss "first name" and the DCKs call me mom... ::

My group now calls me by my first name.

My previous group was younger and started off calling me mom b/c they heard my kids call me mom. I would correct them but it is usually at 2 years when they can pronounce it.

I also was never allowed to call adults by their first name and it was either Aunt or Uncle, or Mr and Mrs. I prefer the daycare kids call me by my first name but my kids friends all call me Mrs last name.

[AuntTami]

I'm Miss Tami to the older kiddos and the littles call me "Teetee" or "T"

[Josiegirl]

As long as what they call me is respectful, I'm not going to worry about it a whole lot, even though I was brought up to call anyone older than myself Miss or Mrs. It does bother me when teachers in the school system tell kids to call them by their first names. And I know that's kind of a weird hypocritical mindset isn't it? But when dcks tried calling me Mrs. so-n-so it sounded so formal to me.
I know when the speech people come in for my little dcg, I always call them Ms Liz or Ms Pam. Same with the visiting library lady.
Side note, some of the dcps call me Ms Josie so their dds follow suit.
By the way, I like Aunt Liz or Auntie Liz. Is there a way you can pass it by the dcps and see if it's okay with them?

[Unregistered]

I'm Miss Amy.

I fought it for the longest time because "Miss First-Name" is grammatically incorrect, but I've given up. I felt that "Mrs. Last-Name" was too formal for my relationship with the children, but since teachers and other professionals are called "Title Last-Name" I felt that just plain "Amy" wasn't formal enough.

So I caved and go with Miss or Ms Amy. It kills my inner Grammar Nazi, but I stuff her back in the closet whenever she pops her head out.

Where did you learn that? I'm genuinely curious, because I've never heard it and I was an English major.

[lizzlee]

Thanks everyone, I think I'll go with Aunt Liz if parents are okay with it. My newspaper ad starts this week, please wish me luck!!

[AmyKidsCo]

Where did you learn that? I'm genuinely curious, because I've never heard it and I was an English major.

That's the way I was raised. You called adults by their title and last name, even when they said "call me First-Name."

I asked about it on FB and apparently it's more of a regional thing than a rule of English.