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Reddit user and fatherMulledMarmiteclaims hes at a loss.
But things apparently got heated and some of the attendees believe hes overreacting.
So he turned to the subreddit AITAH to explain the situation and get its members unbiased opinions on it.
Maybe the pregnant woman in question only wants wooden toys e.g.
My 11-year-old was named Alexander at birth which we later shortened for ease, to Xander.
At 9, he decided he wanted to be called Alex, so Alex it is.
One of my earliest memories is a kid coming up to me and saying Merlin like the wizard!'
The entries range from the misspelled to the backward and from the aspirational to those containing random apostrophes.
Rogers-Anderson isnt the only one who thinks that these names are far from being harmless fun.
Multiple studies from around the world have foundlinks between non-traditional names and employment, social and economic outcomes.
We all have a bit of bogan in us, Rogers-Anderson said.
But you’re free to take it too far when it comes to names.
A name really matters at the end of the day.
Research conducted by Shippensburg Universityeven discovered a correlation between popular first names and lower rates of juvenile criminal behavior.
They tend not to be as well-adjusted, Twenge added.
So it sounds like the Redditors worries might be justified at least to some extent.
But whether or not parents include their own folks in their childrens upbringing is for them to decide.
Check out the results:
