Just curious. Because I think it’s very “rude” in the Chinese Culture where I grew up in, to use the real names of people older than you. You have to address them by relationship like “father/dad” or “older brother” or “oldest aunt” “2nd aunt” “3rd aunt” (ordered by who was born first). Like I don’t think you are supposed to say Aunt [Name] or Uncle [Name]. Names are never used, only the relationship.
I’m under the impression that some Westerners, particularly Americans, apparantly are on first-name basis with parents… like either because they are very close, or very distant… is that really a thing irl, or is that just the media? I think I saw TV/Movie scenes where the kids (or maybe adult children) called their parent by their first names.
The douche kid we didn’t really like on swim team in HS called his dad Jeff. A teammate was like “you call your dad by his name?” “Yeah. It’s his name.” “But, he’s your dad.”
To me, it makes it feel less like a happy family and more like a boss/employee relationship. His logic was sound, but there’s more to it than that.