re: Kids Calling Parents Sir and Ma'am

How dare you teach them values and respect!!!

Seriously,

works for me. Kids should learn and show some respect.

Your friend is a weirdo!!!

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I dropped her arse.

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Smart move

My sister tried calling my mom her first name when she was younger, and got slapped in the face

You doing it perfect. Raise your kids the way you want to. When a young person says yes sir to me it tells me a lot about how the kid is being raised and it my opinion it says they come from a good family.

We were taught to respond with yes ma'am/sir, but now that I think about it, it only really applied at times when I was being asked to do something or being disciplined in some way. Something like "don't do _____, do you understand?" "Yes, sir"

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My children are grown and still answer me with yes/no sir. It's a sign of respect and proper raising in my family. We have great relationships.

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It's a sign that you taught your kids that they can never let their guards down around the people with whom they are supposed to be the closest. They must always and at all times display the highest levels of formality even in situations that most others would consider the most casual, which is time a spent with family. But in truth I think that you are lying, and your kids don't respond to every question and end every sentence with sir/ma'am because you think that it displays some kind of special image. It's one thing to teach formality in the proper settings. It's another to expect it at all times like the OP is claiming. Running your home like a military academy doesn't mean that you are teaching your kids respect.

Mine say sir and ma'am. It's what should be taught.