6-year-old parent help!? Should I call my daughter by her preferred name?

I would call her Amee. It's just a phase she'll most likely grow out of it. Just think.........it could be worse, I have to call my son "Super Mario" or he won't answer me. It's really bad because he calls me "Peach, " my husband is "King, " other son is "Luigi," my daughter is "Yoshi," and our cat gets called "Bowser." He corrects us if we call each other by out real name. Yes we broke out the old super nintendo. It's cute!

Ah Hun im so very sorry. First off you have to stay strong for your daughter. No matter how bad of mental problems she has,she is still your little girl. Take her out for some One on One time. You've to let her know you will always be there for her and love her unconditionally. You may want to supervise her more while she is playing with other children if you think she seriously could hurt another child. I would also have a One on One with her psychiatrist and see about other things you can do to help her through it besides just Medication(If she is on any). I would also have a One on One with your Husband(If your married). My 6 year asister has mental & emotional issues(Attachment problems,building relationship issues due to the sexual abuse she indured before we took her in). She also has serious Night Terrors. The best advice I can give you is to stay positive. We gave my sister a Stuffed Duck and whenever she gets scared she hugs it. It may sound silly but I think getting your daughter a Stuffed Animal/Toy would help her when she hears the voices and see's scary things The most important thing is to love her no matter what! -James

If she wants to be called Amee, let her be called that. My oldest daughter is Paige Danielle. We sometimes would call her Paige Dani. Our youngest daughter is Mackenzie Alexis. We always call her Kenzie.

But you could always use Amee for short, but still call her Amanda sometimes. If she doesn't really like her name, then you should let her use the nickname that she likes. She is the one who has to live with it. My niece's name is Amanda and we call her Mandy.

My name is Amanda, I'm 17. I'll be honest with you, I still hate my name. I prefer to be called just about anything else but my birth name. Amee is a great idea. If thats what she wants, just go with it. At least its close to her name. I go by Gussie for the most part, which actually is in NO WAY related to my name.

By all means, go along with her. There will be plenty of opportunities for you to "show your authority" over things that are really important. Al least she didn't choose Tinker Bell.

I agree with her. I like Amee better than Mandy anyway. My daughter calls her best friend, given name Amy, "Tonee". It's just a name they came up with at church camp almost 20 years ago. My cousin was always Darlene (her middle name) among the family, and Eva to the outside world. My son calls his twin older sisters both "Boo" and they call him the same. I have no idea why.

Thanks for the trip down name calling lane.

Definitely allow her this freedom, it won't hurt a thing.

Amee is very pretty, although so is Amanda.

It sounds like she is a leader, she's pretty independent and a forward thinker, so don't squash that in her just to prove your authority. She know's you're the parent.

Independence is a good thing, and she's not doing anything wrong.

Sounds like she's a well-rounded child, congrats!

It's probably just a phase she's going through. She will soon get bored with it. If it really bugs you then I suggest you and her dad also suggest changing your names, preferably to something she will find really embarrassing to call you but insist she uses these new names especially while you're in public. This is likely to embarrass her so much she will want you to return to being mummy and daddy and only agree if she will be Amanda again!!

My sister (now 27yrs) changed the spelling of her very ordinary name Kerry when she was 15 and it was KERRIEGH for ages, luckily dozy grew up lol!!

Amee isn't really a far stretch from Amanda. I would call her Amee if that's what she prefers. She might grow out of it, if not, it's really not a horrible name.

LOL LizBeth! I love it...

I am always saying "pick your battles". Give in to her on this one, and when she wants to shave her head or something just as drastic, then you can put your foot down. And you can say "remember when I gave into *blank* ".

My son's Name is Andrew and he goes by Andrew, Andy, Drew, Butthead (he's a teenager), and I don't think Amee is too far from her actual name.

I say call her Amee. My sons name is Matthew Edward and he likes being called Matty