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Ma'am makes me look around for my Mother.I also prefer Ms or Miss. However,I think it is very disrespectful for a child to address an adult by his/her first name unless specifically instructed to do so.I help raise my 7 year old neice and she addresses all adults as Mr or Mrs unless she is told to call them by their first names and then it is still Miss Jane or Mr Bob,whatever their name happens to be.As someone who works with children,I find that often,if they know an adults first name,they will approach them,whether they know that particular adult or not.Perhaps a proper title causes a little distance and that isn't always a bad thing.
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