I'm 28 and I sometimes still occassionally slip and call my parents "mommy" or "daddy".
I don't do it on purpose.

But I think whenever they feel comfortable not doing it anymore is the appropriate age. When they do it as an attention getter or in that baby voice that indicates they're only doing it to butter the parent up, then they should stop.

And that's at any age.

I am 27 and still use "Mommy" and "Daddy"...my son is 11 and he calls me "Mom" to everyone else ususally "Momster" to me (I dont know why). My baby girl is soon to be nine and she calls me "Mommy" usually but is upset it is "MOM!".

I would say it is probably different from family to family. I know my boys (1 bio and 2 ss's) would never call their parents Mommmy and Daddy in front of friends! They are way too tough of men! LOL!

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I call my father by his first name have since I was like 4. I call my mother, mother since I was about 6 before that she was mom.

My DH who is 26 still calls his dad, Daddy and his grandfather "Pa-Paw", he calls his mom "mom"

My SS is 7 and calls his parents mommy and daddy and me by my first name

It all depends on the family. My daughter is almost 3 and calls me mom or momma unless she wants something then its mommy.

I call my dad "Poppy" and my mom "mumms", i'm also an adult, but it has stuck with me since i remember.

I don't recall when my bs (12) stopped calling me mommy.... but he did so on his own accord. My bd is 8 and she calls me "mommy" and I think it would break my heart if/when she stops! Bf's kids are 3, 8 and 12 and they call him "daddy".

They are 12 and 15 and call BM "mommy" :sick: because of the MAJOR co-dependent relationship that they have with the crazy lesbian. But they only call DH "daddy" when they want something bought for them. :sick:

Otherwise, they barely even speak to DH unless they need something or need a ride somewhere. He is a taxi/money tree, as far as they and BM are concerned.

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I have a 43 year old co-worker that still calls her father daddy. I really think it is dependent on the child. It is sad that the child's so-called friends are snickering behind his back, that may lead to a change. On that note, I fully expected my ds to stop at some point giving me hugs at school drop-off, he's a middle schooler, I ask if he was worried if his friends would make fun of him for hugging mom, so far all is good.

Where I grew up, adults and children alike call their parents "Mummy" and "Daddy". I still call them that myself. I think it depends on the child and when they feel more mature. I know that SS9 only started calling FH "Dad" within the last 6 months. Before it was "Daddy...Daddy.... Daddy". Relentless! LOL...My DD10 calls me "Mom" most of the time, but sometimes calls me "Mommy". Depends on her mood I guess...

and it's acceptable for women to call their fathers "Daddy" until the day they die, lol. It seems that my children (one boy, one girl) started using "Mom" and "Dad" around 4th or 5th grade???? However, my son (19) will say "thanks Mommy" when I give him money, lol. But it's said jokingly.

Let his peer group take care of this.

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"Mama" until I was about 10, I think? I switched to "Mom" after that. I called my step-dad by his name from day one. My SS11 calls my H by his first name, which I think is really weird, but the kid is weird, so it's not that surprising. SS5 calls him "Dad" and "Daddy" when he is being manipulative or wants to avoid getting in trouble after breaking a rule. Each kid is different and i've known adults that call their parents "Mommy" and "Daddy." I think it's a little cringe-worthy, but to each their own!"

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Step kids seem to call their biological parents "mommy and Daddy" forever. My step son went on vacation with us (he is and I thought if I was going to hear the word "daddy" one more time I was going to scream. "Daddy, daddy, get in the pool. Daddy Daddy, look daddy. I can stand on my hands Daddy." and on and on and on. Even my friend who went with us with their kids asked why he was acting so babified. I think step kids do it for attention and to be treated like a baby. I know mine is attention starved from his BM and when he gets here he wants his dads full attention. It is starting to cause alot of friction in my house and I have already told "DADDY" his son was not going on vacation with us again. HE IS A BRAT!! whoo I feel better!!!

I think it's a sign of some sort of independence taking hold and therefore I'm thinking somewhere around the age of separation/individualization, meaning any time between 10 and 13 depending on the maturity level of the kid.

I call my parents mom & dad. However, when I moved to Virginia, I noticed that many people refer to their parents as mama & daddy. Depending on the conversation & who it's with, he might refer to them as his mom & dad. If he's speaking to his mom (his dad passed away before we met) or if it's a closer group (family/friends) & we're sharing stories or something...he refers to them as his mama & daddy.

From my experience, I have called my mom "mom" since I can remember. Which I am assuming was about 5-6 years old. I would feel weird calling her "mommy". But at the same time I am from a family where parents never showered with their children and I'm finding out that many parents do that till ages I find waaaay too old.

I have to laugh because my own kids are 7 and 9, and just told me over the weekend "I'm gonna start calling you Mom" and asked "is that ok?" But in the privacy of our family, they call me mommy or mama...it's definitely a peer pressure thing and wanting to feel older.

Since some of their friends have older siblings, their friends switched from mommy to mom sooner. But we are not around any older kids (I avoid it like the plague) for many many kinds of influence they bring!! My 9yo has friends who have seen Twilight, have facebook accts with fake birthdates, claim to have boyfriends whom they call/text when they want, have gotten highlights put in their hair....these kids today grow up WAAAAYYYY too fast for my taste! As long as my little girlies want to stay little? I'm ALL FOR IT!

But to agree with you...I think a SS acting babyish would just be outright annoying to me and would turn my stomach. But thats after years of witnessing the overcompensating and indulging of SS by DH and his family. Gag me! Now it doesnt matter what he says or does, I cant stand to look at his face or hear him breathe! So if you're anything like me...it's probably just you and isnt an issue to confront.

I called my Dad "daddy" until the day he died and still refer to him that way. My mom has always been MaMa. My tweens andd teens still call me mommy as well!

This can be a regional issue. Often both men and women in the Southern US refer to their parents as Momma and Daddy their entire lives.

I call my parents Mom and Dad and have as long as I can remember.

My SS calls his mom and I Mom and Dad and has since he was ~6yo. Prior we were Mommy and Daddy.

This is not much of an issue from my perspective.

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I am 25 yo and I call my dad "Daddy." Actually, so do all of the my parents kids, including the boys. And we are all older, the youngest are 17. My oldest brother is 23 years old and to him, our dad is "Daddy."

I don't think it's that big of a deal either. Maybe it depends on how it's said. I can see "Daaaaaaaadddyyyyyy" being annoying over a simple "Daddy."