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I think this mostly aply to Americans. I live in Europe and never heard someone refer to their mother by her first name.
Well seing Will Smith and the meme saying "white" I thought it's referring to the fact that black parents are stricter and it's unbelievable for a black child to hear someone say that....
I hardly ever heard it. Like maybe a couple times in my whole life in the US.
That's not the norm in the US. They only time I've seen that was when there was some sort of trama
I live in Europe and have one friend who does that. No idea where it stems from, maybe the parents felt they could keep more of a personal identity if they were referred to by their name at home or something