Our little family has been debating names lately. What to CALL the new stepdad? Stepdad is ridiculous, Mr so and so is WAY too formal, yet my older children have not been comfortable calling him dad. Up until now he has been called by his first name, but is beginning to struggle with that. Firstly, he finds it a bit disrespectful, coming from a time when children NEVER addressed adults solely by their christian name (understandable), secondly, as none of his children live with us he feels a bit out on a limb by himself.
What to do? The two youngest aged 3 and 4 are being encouraged to call him dad and we are trialling encouraging the older two (9 & 11) to do the same. They seem ok, just needing time to get used to the idea. I'm still getting used to everything myself so...we will give it a go. I would love to know what other stepfamilies have ended up doing.
