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  • Naming your baby

    06/27/2006 10:33:31 AM PDT · by qam1 · 418 replies · 6,608+ views
    Newsday ^ | 6/26/06 | Pat Burson
    Many parents, especially celebrities, are choosing distinctive names or spellings to make their children stand out Choosing a name for your newborn requires a certain level of sober reflection, contemplation and introspection. Expectant parents consult relatives and friends, leaf through scores of books and scour the Internet for just the right handle to reflect their little cherub's shining personality, obvious brilliance and unquestionable character. So it makes you wonder what the recent spate of Hollywood celebrity parents were thinking - or drinking - when they chose such distinctive names, to put it kindly, for their high-profile offspring. That goes for...
  • Baby's Named a Bad, Bad Thing - A Primer on Parent Cruelty

    06/09/2005 12:59:35 PM PDT · by GSWarrior · 337 replies · 7,001+ views
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    It's simple. Some parents are just plain crazy. But few are as crazy as many soon-to- be parents, who, wrapped up in the fear and anticipation, the social status and expectations, go just plain mad. Mad as march hares with swollen ankles and morning sickness. The following is a catalog of naming questions and suggestions posted on several different baby naming bulletin boards going back as far as early 2001. All entries are left unedited except for length. As you will see, some parents-to-be have gone so far into the realm of baby-obsession they have lost track of the real,...