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Having been raised by free-willed hippies, I was raised to have respect for everyone. I believe that if you hold everyone to a certain level of respect (until they give you reason not to) there is no requirement for the use of "sir, ma'am, mister, misses" or anything along those lines. I call most people by their first names, aside from those in a professional setting whom I do not know and am introduced to by last name (professors, bosses, et cetera). When I was younger, I also called all adults by Mister/Misses/Miss and their surname until I became more familiar and amiable with them.
If one is too strict with making their child use politeness and niceities, then the child may not actually have any respect for anyone, and simply use those niceities because that is how they were raised.
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"Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are even incapable of forming such opinions." - Albert Einstein
"Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something." - Plato
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