Bad parenting?????

Question

My hubby wants to name our first child after a car?In particular the car our child was concieved in a Camaro!If it a girl he wants to name her Camara!My hubby is a 28 yr old man and still in love with his sports cars!We have 2 sport cars and 1 SUV.So far there has been no way to talk him out of this the only comprimise for him is to name our child after another type of car! Thank goodness he wants the sex of the baby to be a suprise! But i asked the doctor to check and know i am having a boy!I How can i convice him naming our child that would be bad parenting?

Name for a boy he has picked out is Camaro John Russo and a girl Lexuis mercedes Russo.

I want to avoid not telling him when i go into labor so he wont be their too see the birth certificate.

Answer 1

Get this...a guy I knew loved gin so he named his daughter Tanqueray Chelsea. She goes by Chelsea but her birth certificate says Tanqueray. The girl doesn't understand it yet...she's 7 but there will be a day when she does.
A child name should be something they can keep with them in the real world when they enter the workforce. I think of these poor kids with these cutesy names and think of their resumes...would you hire someone named "Apple" or "Sapphire"?
Have your hubby sit down and think of the long term effects of a cutesy name. Would he hire someone named "Moses" or "Siren"? Be firm it is your child too!!

Answer 2

Tell him you'd like a name that will look professional on a resume someday. If my fiance and I have a boy, he has said he wants to name it Josh after his best friend that died in a car accident. Even though Josh is a common name that I'm not particularly fond of, I respect his reasoning. However, naming a child after a car makes it seem like the child was conceived in a car and that's rather odd. Hopefully your husband will compromise with you. After all, both of you had a part in making the baby, so both of you should have a say in what his/her name should be.

Answer 3

I am not too fond of either of the names you stated, but it is your child too. Don't listen to all these people saying stuff like " would you hire...."this name" or "that is wrong to make a child spell that name"....That is wrong.... You name your child whatever you want. I and my boyfriend went back and fourth my whole pregnancy about what my son's name was going to be - I wanted to name him Kamari and he wanted to name him Kendetrick, (prounonced Ken-D-Trick), well as time went on I really grew to like Kendetrick and that in the end is what we named him =) I LOVE his name now and it fits him, but you know how many people talk sh*t about that name and say that I was wrong for naming him such a hard and long name? People will have their opinions and only the "closed minded" think of different names as bad when looking at a job application or teachers looking at it is "too hard". Bottom line - you BOTH have a say and you have to agree on something or your baby will be "boy ___

Answer 4

Sounds like a (parent-child) relationship. You are the child, he is the parent. He is controlling. You say that you can't talk him out of naming your baby what he wants? That is a big red flag. Decisions about children whatever the issue is should be equal with flexibility. No one should over power the other. He sounds immature and needs to grow up. Just wait until the baby arrives. What will he control next??

Answer 5

You could just tell him no......that is not going to happen. As much as l like different names for children, I really believe that if you name your child after a car, your child will be teased......especially at school....which could cause some problems later on in their life....like teen age years. Just put your foot down and tell your hubby that naming a child after a car is not going to happen.

Answer 6

Congratulations! That is not bad parenting. He honestly wants this bad enough and I believe you should allow him some say in the child's name. If he's serious, consider adding Alexis or Cameron as a middle name. The meaning is there for him BUT it's still normal. Then decide the first names together. In no way should you take away his say and don't tell him he is a bad parent for thinking of this! Bad parenting is neglecting to take care and provide for a child. I think if you try to convince him that it's bad parenting he'll feel you're setting him up for failure. Compromise is the only way to go. Best of Luck.

Answer 7

I would sit him down and discuss the fact that other children, and even adults, will most likely make fun of the child's name.
I would point out the issues of people misspelling your baby's name, and that it isn't fair to make a child learn how to spell such an unusual name.
And I'd share with him the song by Johnny Cash, "A Boy Named Sue!" (Worth listening to by any parent who is considering giving their child such an unusual name!)

Answer 8

that is crazy.
not telling your husband when your in labor to avoid a fight over the name. how do you plan on raising a kid together if you feel like you can't work this out.
stand up to your husband and let him know that he can either compromise on the name or your going to name the baby yourself.
The mother has to sign the birth cert. the husband does not have to!!!

Answer 9

Think of it this way.........You are the one who will be pregnant for 9 months and then go through labor & childbirth so i think it is your right to name your child what YOU want. My husband wanted to name our son (Ozzy yes after ozzy osborne) and yea i told him if it was a boy he could name him and if it was a girl i would name her but you see i had a boy and i named him when my husband was not at the hospital.
I was entitled to name him after going through a tough pregnancy then a c-section. My husband got over it though. I named our son Julian.
How is naming a kid bad parenting? I would name him what you want. (I would just say that name will only cause your son to be picked on in life)
Good luck and Congrats

Answer 10

Wow. That is not cool.

Your kids will be laughed at with names like that. If kids don't laugh at them, adults will...and that's just sad. Just try to make him understand that just because he thinks it's cute doesn't mean the rest of the world will.

I'm all for being an individual, but there is a line... When you're naming a kid, you have to consider his or her feelings. Good luck. :)