An item in the national news caught my eye last week.
A nine-year-old hated the name her parents had given her.
She was so embarrassed over it and suffered endless teasing from her peers that she asked a judge to help.
It happened in New Zealand where the judge made her a ward of court so sh
e could change the hated name – Talula Does the Hula from Hawaii.
The judge severely criticised the "very poor judgment" of the girl's parents in choosing such a name and went on: "It makes a fool of the child and sets her up with a social disability and handicap, unnecessarily." I couldn't agree more.
Other stupid and totally senseless names dreamed up by parents have included Sex Fruit, Keenan Got Lucy, Yeah Detroit, Number 16 Bus Shelter, Violence, Midnight Chardonnay, Benson and Hedges (twins) Stallion; Twisty Poi; Fat Boy; Cinderella Beauty Blossom and Fish and Chips (twins).
Many have been places where the child was conceived.
It's just another example of the growing selfishness displayed by people – people who most would say are not fit to be parents.
We're endlessly tested on every other aspect of our lives, but not the most important, creating and raising the next generation.
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