He wants to be able to say "Danger is my middle name." I'm just interested in what you think :)
2007-04-18 13:38:25 · 41 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
(For the record, I told him we'd talk about it in two years and see how he felt then)
2007-04-18 13:41:40 · update #1
And he's never seen Austin Powers even once. :P
2007-04-18 13:42:48 · update #2
That would be pretty great.
2007-04-18 13:46:22 · answer #1 · answered by Aspurtaime Dog Sneeze 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I don't think changing his name is going to help matters terribly much. The kids at school already know him by his name. He can't just show up to class one day and say, "I'm not Gaylord, name is Joe now." Maybe it would be better if he gradually started having people recognize him by a nickname, like Greg (like on Meet the Parents). Then after a while he can legally change his name to that if he wants and it won't be as weird as changing his name abruptly would be. Did you really not forsee this when you gave him the name!?
2016-05-18 03:27:55 · answer #2 · answered by scarlett 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not until a child is 18 and able to do it on their own time. Otherwise, IMHO children need to learn to respect the names they are given. Names are "powerful" in that they give us our identity. As parents, we put a lot of time and effort into picking the "right" names for our children, and we've picked those names based on the sense of meaning it gives us that we want to pass on to our children. Names are the identity we choose to give our children to give them a "place" in our social, cultural, and familial spaces. We all have to go through that growing pain of not liking the name we're given, lol. There may never be any rhyme or reason, but there's always a purpose, and names are no exception.
2007-04-18 13:54:13 · answer #3 · answered by 'llysa 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think at 11 he would still be naive enough that you could give him a nicely formatted and printed authorization for a personal name change, or just tell him it is OK and start calling him Danger, all the time. It sounds like a phase thing.
2007-04-18 13:55:15 · answer #4 · answered by U-98 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
He is 11!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! A child. I can't believe you are even entertaining this discussion. Who is the adult here? Tell him to wait until he can get a job and afford the legal fees to do it. Jeeze. And you let him say things like that to you and then post it for all the world to see?
You can say, "I am your mother. I am an adult.I feed you, clothe you, give you a place to live and do a hundred other things. You are a child. You don't have to like me or love me or agree with me, but you are stuck with me unless you can take care of yourself, which you can't. What I say goes. Ask me again in 7 years when you have a job."
You child does not need to like you or agree with you. You are the adult. Sure, listen to him but, this is taking it a bit too far to ask a gazillion strangers whether or not you should let a little kid who still has some baby teeth change his name.
If you do these things in the green wood, what will happen in the dry?
2007-04-18 13:49:29 · answer #5 · answered by Linda R 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
LOL I would say no. But I was watching some T.V show and its funny the boy wanted to be called by a different name. The parent's came up with a plan. They told him that he could, but that they were going to make him call them different names also. Of course they picked out names that were embarrassing. There was no way the boy was going to use the names in-front of his friends. So he said his name was just fine.
I thought it was cute. Hope this helps.
2007-04-18 13:45:41 · answer #6 · answered by mrs.mom 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I know someone who's middle name is danger...give him a few years and see if he changes his mind. If not then keep his regular middle name and just have the danger added=)
I bet he's a cutie=)
2007-04-18 13:45:51 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Why not go all out and change his first and last names to Chuck and Norris respectively?
Chuck "danger" Norris. The kids will love him.
(and don't forget the full back tattoo while he's at it.)
2007-04-18 13:48:12 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Danger Will Robinson, Danger, Danger....I say no...:-) LOL
Peace, Love, and Blessings
Greenwood
2007-04-18 13:42:39 · answer #9 · answered by Greenwood 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Sure, no real harm could come of it. If it gave him problems with jobs later in life, he could always change it again, no biggie. But, honestly, I think employers would understand, there'd more than likely be executives thinking, "Damn, I wish MY Mom had been that cool!"
2007-04-18 13:50:41 · answer #10 · answered by Primordial Soup 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Tell him to wait till he's 18 when he can legally change it himself. If he still wants to do it then by all means go for it.
2007-04-18 13:49:13 · answer #11 · answered by Abriel 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋