[Red Reign]

Got 'em! Remember these clueless, wastes of space?

[Question Liberal Authority]

Their father, Heath Campbell

What kind of a-hole would name their kid "Heath"?

[Explodo]

So I know this is kind of an provocative reply...But the goverment can take your kids now for politcaly incorrect reasons?

[robomatik]

from the article:,p> "Part of it is the infantile nature of the parents’ behavior," Berrill said. "You can name your dog something weird, but they think they’re making some kind of bold statement with the children, not appreciating that the children will have separate lives and will be looked at in a negative light until they’re able to change their name. It is abuse."

what do dweezil and moonunit zappa have to say?

[Joe 6-pack]

Looks like Child Protective Services did what Tom Cruise couldn’t do.

[weegee]

Were they removed because of their names or other circumstances? Some official somewhere along the line had to certify the names submitted on the birth certificate.

This is not a new turn of events, these kids have been around for years.

So what changed?

[Phoenix11]

A paper to be published in March in Social Sciences Journal by economists David E. Kalist and Daniel Y. Lee of Shippensburg University found that unpopular first names, when mixed with factors like a disadvantaged home life, can increase the tendency toward juvenile delinquency...

This is crap. I deal with adjudicated juvenile males on a daily basis and none of their problems stem from their names. 99.9% of them have "everyday" names.

While I think the parents were irresponsible for naming their children the names they did, I don't think that's any reason to remove the children from the home.

[Revolting cat!]

I suspect that this kid will grow up to be another Adfolf Hitler!

[Revolting cat!]

[Revolting cat!]

Don't blame the kid!

[TBP]

Well, if Mel Brooks is to be believed, Der Fuhrer’s middle name was Elizbeth.

[LongElegantLegs]

If this goes unchallenged, they better start rounding up all the unfortunates named ‘Nevaeh’...Nothing says “My parents are criminally retarded” like that name.

[SunkenCiv]

[metmom]

name and nanny state ping