this may be completely wrong, but i always thought it was because they considered themselves equals-kinda the thought that everyone is in fact just as good as the next one and leaves the same mark, but they simply accomplish it all in different ways. i don't know...just an assumption! :) ~Sarah~ > Uhm, perhaps this is a question with a common and popular answer, but as a > relatively new reader, I'd like to ask if there was a particular reason why > the Glass kids called their parents by their first names instead of "mother" > and "father", or rather, more often than. My guess is it's due to the family > being so public and all of them being performers of some sort. Anyone, please? > :) > > -Olgz >