Across Ireland, more than 150,000 adults address their parents by given names rather than familial titles — a practice that, far from signalling coldness, often maps the quiet contours of trust, equality, and the evolving nature of authority within families. Whether born of gradual mutual understanding, adolescent assertion, or simple workplace pragmatism, the choice of what to call a parent turns out to be a small but revealing window into how each generation negotiates intimacy and identity. And yet, when crisis arrives, the body sometimes speaks before the mind can choose — returning, unbid