Taking the time to learn to pronounce kids' names correctly AND asking them what they want to be called from Day 1 is showing them respect and showing them you care about them. We all have been fumble-bumblers with some names, but hopefully we skip right over the arrogant mangler category and head right into the calibrator category. We can't expect respect from the kids, if we can't even take the time to learn how to pronounce their names correctly. Butchering someone's name repeatedly is humiliating and definitely an aggressive act and can feel like a power move by the adult toward the kid. It is so avoidable and we all must try hard to calibrators!
