The daddy question

In an upcoming Choice Chat podcast we'll have some excellent insight from experts about how to address the daddy question as our kids' questions become more sophisticated over time.

It's a frequent topic of conversation among Choice Moms.

Here's what some of them have been reporting:

Maya said her 3-year-old son looked at a male adult friend of theirs and called him daddy. She wondered how to respond.

Darla pointed out that it can be common for kids to get something into their head, but they usually self-correct over time. She said she herself was being called 'mom' by a friend's nearly 3-year-old daughter. "We've both tried correcting her but she just smiles and ignores us and continues to call me mom...I vaguely remember my son doing things like that when he was learning to speak. If you look at the way kids learn language, they take a rule that they've learned and try to apply it in other situations so sometimes they just get it wrong until they learn the correct rule. A mild correction, like "His name is so-and-so," should suffice until your son figures it out.

What about you? What situations have you encountered with your children, or your children's friends, and how did you handle it?