Do you make your kids say yes ma'am/no ma'am yes sir/no sir (parents, appropriate)
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I'm young I'm nearly 22 but I was raised to say yes ma'am/no ma'am yes sir/no sir. I mean I don't say it all the time sometimes when my mom addresses me I say "Yes mother" but always in a respectful tone. "What" and "huh" were never allowed unless you wanted to get slapped across the room (just kidding but you get the point). "Yes" was generally acceptable if you said it in the right tone. My parents weren't too strict about ma'am and sir but they did expect to be addressed respectfully. However, since my parents are getting older though I do try to make it a routine habit to address them as only ma'am and sir because that's just proper respect. Anyways I do want to raise my kids to say ma'am and sir. What do you guys think? I know in 2013 that's generally not the norm for today's kids but do you make your kids say ma'am/sir? Only to elderly? Just curious.......
There are several threads on this topic. Regarding "sir/ma'am", it seems to depend mainly on what part of the country you are from. This is the norm in the southern midwest and southeast in particular. In other parts of the country, it is not as prevalent.
True I live in Phoenix but my parents (and everyone else in Phoenix for that matter) are from the Midwest and South. I don't think it's so much a geographic thing as it is generational because most adults 40+ 50+ for the most part were raised to address adults in that matter...correct? If I'm wrong let me know....
There are several threads on this topic. Regarding "sir/ma'am", it seems to depend mainly on what part of the country you are from. This is the norm in the southern midwest and southeast in particular. In other parts of the country, it is not as prevalent.
No but my sister does. They live in the south though. She also has a fake southern drawl.
I'm 50+ and the only people I know who were raised to use ma'am and sir on a regular basis are all from the southern midwest or southeast. This includes my parents and my inlaws all from the northern midwest, and friends of various generations from other parts of the country.
I'm young I'm nearly 22 but I was raised to say yes ma'am/no ma'am yes sir/no sir. I mean I don't say it all the time sometimes when my mom addresses me I say "Yes mother" but always in a respectful tone. "What" and "huh" were never allowed unless you wanted to get slapped across the room (just kidding but you get the point). "Yes" was generally acceptable if you said it in the right tone. My parents weren't too strict about ma'am and sir but they did expect to be addressed respectfully. However, since my parents are getting older though I do try to make it a routine habit to address them as only ma'am and sir because that's just proper respect. Anyways I do want to raise my kids to say ma'am and sir. What do you guys think? I know in 2013 that's generally not the norm for today's kids but do you make your kids say ma'am/sir? Only to elderly? Just curious.......
No.
The words "ma'am" and "sir" do not deliver respect. There are many ways to say things respectfully. What matters is that genuine respect, where appropriate, exists. How that respect is conveyed varies widely.
I'm 50+ and the only people I know who were raised to use ma'am and sir on a regular basis are all from the southern midwest or southeast. This includes my parents and my inlaws all from the northern midwest, and friends of various generations from other parts of the country.
O.....ok gotcha I thought it was more of a national thing back then. See learn something new everyday.
The words "ma'am" and "sir" do not deliver respect. There are many ways to say things respectfully. What matters is that genuine respect, where appropriate, exists. How that respect is conveyed varies widely.
Very true I agree I guess I was thinking more in a traditional sense but good argument.
it sounds stupid to x generation. but then again they are not that into manners.
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