| The recent trend for unusual baby names has seen | | | | personality. Celebrities tend to have huge egos and like |
| some weird and wonderful monikers, especially in the | | | | to think they are different than everyone else, and that |
| case of celebrity babies. A new study claims that your | | | | their children are too. Adults often forget that children |
| choice of baby boy's name can result in behavioral | | | | just want to be liked, accepted and treated like normal. |
| problems when they are older. So, if you name your | | | | The competitiveness to come up with wacky names |
| baby Egbert, will he really grow up to be badly | | | | seems to have becomes an international obsession, as |
| behaved? | | | | life imitates art and celebrity culture filters down to the |
| The study centers on the theory that if your child is | | | | masses. As a result, maybe those children with nice |
| called something outlandish then they will feel different | | | | plain boring and uncontentious names will soon find |
| to their peers and are more likely to commit an act of | | | | themselves the odd ones out. |
| delinquency. This could be as a result of repeated | | | | I hope that every parent takes great care when |
| teasing which leads to the child becoming bitter and | | | | choosing a name for their offspring, knowing that they |
| eventually, lashing out. While his may be true, I feel that | | | | will be saddled with it for life. Anyone who hates the |
| there are also plenty of other reasons why children | | | | name that their parents gave them will surely know |
| pick on each other. | | | | what I am taking about. |
| Childrens' names are often a reflection of their parents' | | | | |