My parents and several schoolteachers often called me by my older brother&#x27;s name, or called my sisters by one anothers&#x27; names.  It&#x27;s not as though my parents couldn&#x27;t tell their own children apart, it&#x27;s just that sometimes saying a name is an autopilot thing.<p>I recently took a friend to the grocery store, and called her son by my son&#x27;s name when I wanted him to move out of the way of someone else&#x27;s cart.