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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]Devil Child
(2,728 posts)83. "She has the right to name her child whatever she damned well please"
Curious what your take on this is considering the above assertion.
Isidore Heath Campbell, who named his children Adolf Hitler Campbell and JoyceLynn Aryan Nation Campbell, made headlines in 2008 for trying to buy a cake.
Mr Campbell and his then-wife, Deborah, both white supremacists, asked a local store to bake a cake with the words Happy Birthday, Hitler written on top with icing.
Mr Campbell and his then-wife, Deborah, both white supremacists, asked a local store to bake a cake with the words Happy Birthday, Hitler written on top with icing.
https://www.news.com.au/world/north-america/man-who-named-his-children-adolf-hitler-and-arian-nation-claims-unfair-treatment/news-story/87cd3f91481bfe5d44383ffc5c13a858
Parental sovereignty still reign supreme? When does a name become child abuse? To me, absurd names are potentially abusive.
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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