re: Do You Teach Your Kids to Say "Ma'am" or "Sir" As a Sign of Respect?

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I made my point badly. I meant my Dad would have objected when I was a kid if he heard me call an adult by their first name. If a kid called him by his first name, he wouldn't have cared.

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Understood. It was made very clear to me by my GF's family that if I (even accidentally) called her parents by their names and not Mr. and Mrs. so and so (I'm 24 and have only ever known them as me being a full on adult) that they would be legitimately mad at me and upset about it and insulted. I found that ridiculous. I told my GF that she could have literally called my own dad Motherfricker and he'd probably think it was hilarious. And even if she actually did it seriously he would almost assuredly play it off and still pat the person on the back and laugh about it. Just never really loses his cool about anything. I understand manners and am more polite than most but the fact that an adult calling another adult by their name especially if they already know each other could be considered disrespectful is really perplexing to me.