a mother gave birth to a daughter recently. she named her Hashtag. strange,yes. but everyone seems to hate it. i read it in an article on Yahoo news. here's a reply that someone posted that sums up my feelings as well...

come on people, i think the name is perfectly fine, it's a unique name. it's a better name than a generic name like Michelle, or Sandra. you people are what's wrong with this world today. something a little different, and everyone gets so upset over it. it's no wonder the children will tease her in school, because their parents teach then to make fun of something different. if it's not a name, it's weight related, or racial, or the color of their hair. people need to grow up and accept others for who they are, and not what they name thier child!

um, like that will happen.
btw Sandra, was a poor choice. I get the sentiment, but my daughter was named after her grandmother.

and i'm pretty sure the sandys and chelles already on the site are going to give you a beat down

I grew up having a name that was never spelled or said correctly except by my close friends and family. I happen to love my name. Although I remember when it was popular to have things with your name on it and I could never have them because they didn't make them with my name. The only way to ever get something with my name was to have it custom made.

I like unique names but I feel you should think when you name your child. The world can be a cruel place. Unique is fine but don't give your child a name that you know will get them into fights every other day after school. I know I thought about my kids names and their initials before I made the final choice.I also thought about what the names might be shortened to or can be made into.As parents you don't want to do anything to make your child's life more difficult. Unfortunately we can't change the world over night to be a kinder gentler world.

As far as how people are treated we should all raise our children to be kind to others but we are lucky if parents take the time to have dinner with their kids. Partly due to peoples busier lifestyles and partly due to poor parenting skills children have not been taught the basics that were taught years ago. One of my biggest pet peeves about younger people these days is that they don't acknowledge things. Example: At the end of a phone call say "Thank you" or "OK" or "talk to you later" or anything that establishes the conversation is over. Many kids just hang up. On the plane the other night the steward said something to me. I answered him and he didn't reply he just turned around. The proper thing would be to acknowledge that he heard me with some form of statement or gesture.Kids are not taught basic manners anymore. Please and thank you should be automatic.How can you expect for them to know how to treat people in life if they are never given the tools.

Celebrities have been doing that shit for years. Moon Unit and Dweezil Zappa, Zowie Bowie and Wolfie Van Halen, just to name a few. What parents need to consider when they're hanging a label on their precious new born is how they may be harrassed because of it when they get in school. We all know how cruel kids can be.

  QUOTE (freensleazy @ January 2, 2013, 13:56)
my point was that the kid would probably get harassed less, if the parents were more open to accepting someone a little different. the children are not to blame for harassing another child, when in fact, they are only doing what their parents have instilled them to do. if my kids ever make fun of someone different, i scold them and tell them that it's not that persons fault. i've even made them apologize for making fun of a handicapped man, he was shocked when they did, but very appreciative too.