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HelpRe: Would you give your child a name with a negative meaning?
in reply to a message by New_Chloë
What would you say when the child asked the meaning of their name and why you chose it?
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It would depend on the name, but one of the main themes in my life in general is irreverence, and challenging easy cultural ideas about "goodness" and "beauty", and if I ever reproduced then I'd hope that philosophy would have worked its way into my parenting anyway. Any weirdo kid of mine would hopefully not be traumatized by their name meaning "unlucky" or whatever. They'd be like "that's rad, mom. That's punk rock. Kids say rad again. It's 2034, get with the times".