After reading a news article about the name that Kayne West and Kim Kardashian named their baby (I don’t usually read articles about celebrities but I had to look this up after hearing about), I was appalled.
North? And no middle name? Making her full name North West? That is the name they decided to give their first born daughter? North is not a name, it is a direction.
I respect the right of individuals to handle their own private affairs but this is either a display of disgusting attention grabbing or stupidity and the child is going to suffer for it. [1]
After reading the article on MSN Entertainment News I could not help think that people should not be allowed to do such things. That being said, I am torn between wanting to protect the personal rights of parents and the need to protect children from becoming walking puns. The need to protect children is slightly winning at the moment.
It reminds me of an article I read a while ago about the government of New Zealand and how it has been handling “…parents who too often see naming like a good joke, rather than a responsibility.” New Zealand has a list of banned names and will ban any name that will “make a fool of a child.” [2]
The names that people have tried to name their kids, in New Zealand and around the world, is disheartening. [3] People, knowingly, try and set up their to be bullied, reticulated, and undoubtedly have to go to court to get their name legally changed. It is just wrong in my opinion.
Granted one could have a worse name then North, but you can’t tell me they were thinking about the child’s best interest when they were giving her that name. But as a parent that is your job, like it or not, you have to take care of your kid. That includes giving your child a name with meaning (the meaning being something, meaningful and not a joke).
Or at the very least just a name that isn’t a joke.
Sources:
[1] http://t.entertainment.msn.com/kim-kardashian-and-kanye-west-baby-name-revealed?toc=celebs
[2] http://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/Family/Modern-Parenthood/2013/0502/Banned-baby-names-New-Zealand-struggles-with-what-s-in-a-name-as-do-we
[3] http://uk.lifestyle.yahoo.com/blogs/yahoo-lifestyles/10-illegal-baby-names-194006397-3.html
North? And no middle name? Making her full name North West? That is the name they decided to give their first born daughter? North is not a name, it is a direction.
I respect the right of individuals to handle their own private affairs but this is either a display of disgusting attention grabbing or stupidity and the child is going to suffer for it. [1]
After reading the article on MSN Entertainment News I could not help think that people should not be allowed to do such things. That being said, I am torn between wanting to protect the personal rights of parents and the need to protect children from becoming walking puns. The need to protect children is slightly winning at the moment.
It reminds me of an article I read a while ago about the government of New Zealand and how it has been handling “…parents who too often see naming like a good joke, rather than a responsibility.” New Zealand has a list of banned names and will ban any name that will “make a fool of a child.” [2]
The names that people have tried to name their kids, in New Zealand and around the world, is disheartening. [3] People, knowingly, try and set up their to be bullied, reticulated, and undoubtedly have to go to court to get their name legally changed. It is just wrong in my opinion.
Granted one could have a worse name then North, but you can’t tell me they were thinking about the child’s best interest when they were giving her that name. But as a parent that is your job, like it or not, you have to take care of your kid. That includes giving your child a name with meaning (the meaning being something, meaningful and not a joke).
Or at the very least just a name that isn’t a joke.
Sources:
[1] http://t.entertainment.msn.com/kim-kardashian-and-kanye-west-baby-name-revealed?toc=celebs
[2] http://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/Family/Modern-Parenthood/2013/0502/Banned-baby-names-New-Zealand-struggles-with-what-s-in-a-name-as-do-we
[3] http://uk.lifestyle.yahoo.com/blogs/yahoo-lifestyles/10-illegal-baby-names-194006397-3.html
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