Dear Wiggles: When Your Child Starts Calling You By Your First Name

Dear Wiggles: When Your Child Starts Calling You By Your First Name

From Wiggle Talk - A Podcast For Parents by The Wiggles & iHeart Australia

March 11, 2026 · 10 min

About this episode

The episode discusses the phenomenon of children calling their parents by their first names and explores whether it's a phase or something to correct.

One day you’re “Mum” or “Dad”… and the next your child is suddenly calling you by your actual first name. Is it cheeky? Is it a phase? Or should you be correcting it straight away?   HOSTS Simon Pryce Lachlan Gillespie PRODUCERS Produced by The Wiggles and Mylk Media Madeline Joannou Nick Webb To submit a question for the ‘Dear Wiggles’ segment, email us at podcast@thewiggles.com.au or head to thewiggles.com/podcast to send in a voice note. For more Wiggly fun, visit: The Wiggles 🌏 http://thewiggles.com YouTube 📺 https://bit.ly/WigglesYouTube Spotify 🎶 https://ab.co/TheWigglesSpotify Apple Music 🎧 https://music.apple.com/au/artist/the-wiggles/7066283 Instagram 🟡  http://instagram.com/TheWiggles Facebook 🔴 http://facebook.com/TheWiggles TikTok 🟣  http://tiktok.com/@TheWiggles Twitter 🔵 http://twitter.com/TheWiggles   About The Wiggles' Podcast - Wiggle Talk Think you’ve got parenting figured out? So do Simon and Lachy - until the toddler throws a curveball. On Wiggle Talk - a podcast for parents, Red Wiggle Simon Pryce and Purple Wiggle Lachy Gillespie tackle the tricky, funny, and unexpected…

People in this episode

Hosts: Simon Pryce, Lachlan Gillespie

Topics covered

  • parenting
  • child development
  • communication
  • family dynamics
  • first names

Keywords

  • parenting
  • first name
  • child behavior
  • communication
  • family

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Wiggles, Mylk Media

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