Generally, I don't expose my kids to any man I'm casually dating....but if I had to...I think I would have them refer to him the same as I would any man that I respect in my life....."Mr. (Right Now)"
Like you Gwen, I call my step dad my dad..due to my bio-dad did not want to step up...Now if the father is active in the child's life...NO, that child does not need to call another man...dad..& no a child does not need to call all of mommy's friends daddy either...**just my opinion**
leroy you need a daddy to watch over you and count your spare chang.With all the coins you collected you shoul have Moved on up to a deluxe apartment in the sky......You need money management classes...lol
i think that he should be called whatever the child feels comfortable calling the man and it also depends on what type of relationship you and that man has for example if he is someone who comes around every now and than ,than it should be just Mr.so and so but if and the guy has invested sometime in each other than i feel like it should be okay for the child to call the man daddy but don"t force it on the child let it flow and every thing will take its place.
A man should be called Dad when he takes responsibility for a household where the childs biodad is non present. If he is comfortable with the kids and has introduced them as his stepkids then so be it.
Like most, I believe you determine what the kids will call the new man in mommy's life by the type of relationship she has with him. However, in my household, "Mr." in front of his first name is the expectation. Although I haven't reached this level, but if and only if the relationship progresses into a winner and everyone agrees 100%, then daddy becomes an option.
idk....i only allowed this once (to b calld daddy), thats bcuz tha childs father wuz killd before he wuz born, and the fact that i wuz with tha mutha a few years before i moved.....if ur not biologically mine, shawn or julio is kool...w/o tha title uv mister....
i never liked tha word "DADDY"......had one all my life, im 38 years old and dont even know tha man. im glad tha only mani ever knew my mutha to be w/utha than my 1st bruthaz father, is my step-father. i never liked tha name "charles", so i called him whut my mutha introduced him to me as cino (pronounced chino). and thats whut i calld him til tha day he died.
me personally, i prefer a woman's child to call me by my first name or whut people who r my FREINDS call me...julio...makes no difference to me. bcuz uv tha life style ive been in, dont call me daddy, mr. or sir. i cant stand bein calld mr. or referred to as sir....reminds me to much uv tha military....as long as theres RESPECT call me either or.....
Well..... to each his/her own and everyone is intitled to their own opinion. Any man can that lay with a woman and produce a child is the father of that child. On the birth certificate it have a space that states: Mother's name and then there is on that states Father's name. This suggest to me that any man that produce a child can be a father BUT....DADDY to ME is more INTIMATE. And to be honest thate are some men that don't deserve to be called DADDY!!!! And here again...to each his own!!
NOT TO JUDGE YOU BUT YOUR CHILDREN SHOULDNT HAVE CONTACT WITH YOUR BOYFRIEND UNTIL YOU KNOW THATS WHO YOU ARE GOING TO BE WITH.WHAT WILL HAPPEN WHEN THINGS DONT WORK OUT AND YOU MOVE TO THE NEXT MAN...THE LAST THING YOU WANT YOUR CHILDREN TO REMEMBER IS"ALL YOUR BOYFRIENDS". TAKE IT FROM ME. CHILDREN WATCH THEIR MOTHER VERY CLOSE. BE CAREFUL AND GOOD LUCK AND MANY BLESSINGS. DONT LET YOUR CHILDREN GET HURT FROM A MAN WHO WILL ONE DAY DECIDE THAT HE DONT WANT TO STAY. HE HAS NOTHING TO LOSE. MR. IS RESPECT.