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Which are good points. The title "Mother of God" can lead to problems, but to call Mary the "Mother of Christ" or the "Mother of Jesus" only leads to more problems. Heck, I see it often in Bible classes where people don't want to sound "to Catholic" and end up Unitarian or Arian. It isn't a cure all title, but it was chosen for a reason, and a pretty good one. The risks of calling Mary "The Mother of God", are as you said, it can leave some with the impression that Mary "made" God, and therefore is some sort of god herself. She isn't, and that isn't what the title is about, but if one doesn't understand the background and the Incarnation that well, it can be the impression one gets.

The best answer would be good confirmation classes (not sure what others call them) early on that explicitly says who and what Jesus Christ is. Unfortunately, across the board, that is pretty rare. As you said, few really take the time to learn what they proclaim to believe, and has been the case since about 35 AD or so.

We don't have confirmation, but certainly every church needs to have thorough doctrinal studies. I teach Sunday school at my church and that is the whole purpose of my class. We call it the Ready Answer class. It is knowing WHY you believe what you believe. I think this topic may be one worth pursuing.