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Help[Opinions] Well, good for her.
in reply to a message by queenv
But I know a Perri who's been teased her entire life about being Perri the Pear, and she's graduating from high school now. This has gone on since she was in preschool.
I also know a Mercedes who was teased mercilessly about her name until she got in a fistfight to solve the problem. Now she's avoided because people think she's violent and unstable.
I realize the names were names before they were products, but they will inevitably invite teasing and that is something every parent must take into account before saddling the child with a name.
I also know a Mercedes who was teased mercilessly about her name until she got in a fistfight to solve the problem. Now she's avoided because people think she's violent and unstable.
I realize the names were names before they were products, but they will inevitably invite teasing and that is something every parent must take into account before saddling the child with a name.
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Every kid gets teased. It's in the kid contract somewhere.
My fn didn't lend itself very well so they went after my surname. Big deal. I survived. Well adjusted children always do. If they aren't well adjusted, then they have bigger problems than their name.
My fn didn't lend itself very well so they went after my surname. Big deal. I survived. Well adjusted children always do. If they aren't well adjusted, then they have bigger problems than their name.
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Actually, I disagree that they will "inevitably" invite teasing. I think if a Mercedes, Lorna, or Reuben are happy, well-adjusted, reasonably attractive kids who fit in well with their peers that there would be little to no teasing. If someone is being teased about their name, it's because there's something else about them that invites teasing. Especially Perri? That's a perfectly normal name. If other kids wanted to call Perri Perri Pear, they had deeper reasons for doing so.
Just the fact that the Mercedes you know solved the teasing problem with physical violence indicates that there were deeper issues that induced her peers to be cruel to her. I'm not saying she deserved it, by the way.
I knew a few kids in high school with strange or unattractive names who were never teased about them because they fit the description above.
Just the fact that the Mercedes you know solved the teasing problem with physical violence indicates that there were deeper issues that induced her peers to be cruel to her. I'm not saying she deserved it, by the way.
I knew a few kids in high school with strange or unattractive names who were never teased about them because they fit the description above.
This message was edited 6/19/2008, 10:32 AM
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