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In reply to the discussion: About the Girl who got mocked by Airline - I think its the mother fault. [View all]Autumn
(44,972 posts)5. Three hundred girls in the country have that name. Mom's should have figured out a spelling,
maybe something like Abcedee, since that was how the mother pronounced it
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About the Girl who got mocked by Airline - I think its the mother fault. [View all]
Le Gaucher
Nov 2018
OP
Correct you are but may one name a child Hawkeye after characters or after an ancestor?
delisen
Dec 2018
#143
My sympathy rests solely with the child not the mother that put her on this set of
avebury
Nov 2018
#87
It's the fault of the people who mocked her. No matter what someone's name is, it's a shitty thing
WhiskeyGrinder
Nov 2018
#3
I agree with you ..but my instinct as a parent would not be to tatoo "Come Mock Me" on my kid's
Le Gaucher
Nov 2018
#16
What if we made room for people who wanted to go against the tide like this?
WhiskeyGrinder
Nov 2018
#24
Its not about you/me or even the mother. We are open minded. But many are not.
Le Gaucher
Nov 2018
#27
Our daughter's middle name has a traditional, rather than non-traditional spelling
Ms. Toad
Nov 2018
#91
I guess my point is that I see very little difference between making fun of a kid's name and
WhiskeyGrinder
Nov 2018
#75
Why assume the parent didn't go through a thought process similar to yours, but came to a different
WhiskeyGrinder
Nov 2018
#77
Why do you assume the name is about the parent's creativity? That it isn't meaningful in some wa
WhiskeyGrinder
Nov 2018
#94
No need to assume. The mother made the decision when she was 8 years old to name her
seaglass
Nov 2018
#100
Kids I know do not freak out and attack rare names. More concerned about being shot.
delisen
Nov 2018
#112
I wouldn't burden my kid with that. I'm betting as soon as she can the kid will legally change it.
brush
Nov 2018
#47
That's fine, and piling on this mom isn't helpful, nor does it create a more understanding world.
WhiskeyGrinder
Nov 2018
#71
I've known (and heard of others) who named their children random or nonsensical names...
hlthe2b
Nov 2018
#4
Three hundred girls in the country have that name. Mom's should have figured out a spelling,
Autumn
Nov 2018
#5
It's obnoxious, but parents have a right to name their children what they wish.
EffieBlack
Nov 2018
#85
"And no one decent person should bully or mock a child because of what their parents named them"
Devil Child
Nov 2018
#89
Would you say the same thing about parents that gave their son a name most often given to girls
onenote
Nov 2018
#49
I have to say you have a right to name your child whatever you want but...
redstatebluegirl
Nov 2018
#10
Wrong. It's the fault of the outside who mocked her. There is a huge variety in names,none deserve
uppityperson
Nov 2018
#11
A child should not be publicly mocked for any reason. No it isn't the mother's fault.
SweetieD
Nov 2018
#17
A child shouldn't be mocked about his/her name and a mother shouldn't set the child up for it.
Shrike47
Nov 2018
#22
Saying "both sides have a point" supports the side that says the name should be mocked.
WhiskeyGrinder
Nov 2018
#25
"That was the point of them choosing that name, was to draw attention to themselves."
WhiskeyGrinder
Nov 2018
#58
No, both sides were not wrong...the Mother named her kid as she chose...Airline employees
Demsrule86
Nov 2018
#40
The mother should have called out the airline. They were at fault and I completely
Demsrule86
Nov 2018
#38
I think you are wrong. The Mother can name her kid what she chooses...the Airline has a duty to
Demsrule86
Nov 2018
#37
But Still. Even my family had nothing to do with Hitler. I would change it ASAP.
Le Gaucher
Nov 2018
#66
They're both wrong, and the child is going to suffer for it. Abcde is NOT a name.
LisaM
Nov 2018
#102
Wow, this post is a total fail IMO. Sounds like you would have made fun or her name also. nt
USALiberal
Nov 2018
#113
She will face a lifetime of having to explain to people that "Yes, that's her real name"...
PoliticAverse
Nov 2018
#127
As long as she does not insist that it is pronounced "Felicia" it is a fine name.
McCamy Taylor
Nov 2018
#126