Yeah.... if would be nice if we could stop the “mommy and daddy made decisions that turned out not the way I wanted so now I’m going to blame them” thing. You’re alive. Deal with it like everyone else. No, every bad thing that happens to you is not their fault for “forcing” life on you. I’m sorry they hugged too much or not enough, didn’t push you hard enough to succeed or pushed too hard, were too strict or not strict enough, sent you to the wrong school, dressed you funny, didn’t make enough money or out making money ahead of you- or named you Gaylord or whatever. Parents are people, and they USUALLY make the best choices they know how- but regardless they mess up, and spoiler- most people are still figuring out how to be responsible for their own lives well in to their 40’s- let alone another persons. And most parents aren’t 40+ when they have their first kid.
If their behavior was abusive- there should be a reckoning for that- at the very least to where they won’t be hurting any other kids. But regardless of the particulars- things are what they are. What do you want- a list of government approved names like some countries have? Why not sue the state for allowing your parents to name you that, for putting it on your birth certificate? If you are mad at them and just want to hurt them- don’t tie up the courts with your bullshit angst. Change your name, get therapy, or channel your emotions into something positive. I’m sorry for anyone who has to deal with trauma- suffering is suffering regardless of how sensitive or frivolous we think a person is being. But this action I can’t support.
So say if this did count as abuse, as it would prompt a lot of bullying before things were done about it, you would be saying for other types of abuse “change what’s being abused about you, get therapy, etc.”
This is the world of capitalism where a simple sorry doesn’t mean anything anymore. People want compensation in dollars
I have to ignore the abuse article if your reply- no disrespect meant- but that subject gets REALLY complex and comes down to perspective quite often when we aren’t talking about clear cut abuse like sexual penetration or extremes of violence, neglect, etc. as a society there is still much ambiguity as to what is or isn’t mental abuse or even if things like spanking are abuse- or when something crosses a line to abuse- and it’s highly contextual. I can only say that if kids are calling them names- it’s certainly the kids abusing him- if not by legal or psychological criteria than by definition of the informal word. That said:
You can’t just eat compensation in dollars. Not in America. Abuse is still a criminal offense- not a civil offense. You can sue for damages, actual incurred expenses. You can sue for sorts of “pain and suffering” as a tort. But this requires certain things be shown- like malice or negligence. If their parents named them Gaylord with the intent to cause them harm- that’s malice. Unlikely to be the case much less able to be proven. Negligence is more what you mention- that they must have known their child would be made fun of.
But that is pretty problematic itself. What names should parents expect their children will be made fun of for? Barney? Gertrude? Is there an age limit- like if a name hasn’t been in a top list of baby names for a decade? Three? Is it abuse to be from a “blue” area and name a child “Hillary” and then move to a red state? What about last names? If you have a last name you think people will make fun of- are your parents required to change their name or list you a new lady name on the birth certificate?
And then... what about traditional names? Ping, Wang, yip, hell- a lot of places- and in general in America- naming a kid something as common as “Jose” can get them made fun of- but the criteria “likely to be made fun of” could really be applied to all sorts of entire ethnicities of names at various times and places right up to now. And there’s a big problem there- abuse is abuse. If a kid says: “it’s ok daddy hits me.” “I like it when auntie touches me there...” it’s still abuse. But- with names- are we going to say anyone named “Gaylord” is the victim of abuse? It seems odd you’d get a choice as to wether you want to call it abuse or not. Abuse is generally just abuse. If you an decide wether it is abuse- if it’s truly subjective if it is abuse- we might need to not cast so wide a net.
But the. What- can I sue my parents because my name didn’t get made fun of- but cost me employment or promotion opportunities? And that could pretty much all but bar new names being created or new spelling right? Too risky. So like I said- if we had a government approved list of names I could see suing for your name- but at this point after we’ve explored it- I’m gonna say letting people sue parents over a name is basically just the creation of an informal name list- and laws can’t be so broad as to not be able to be followed or they can be invalidated.
As a close- if we can sure because our names got us made fun of- surely are parents had reason to know that their genes would give us curly hair or funny noses or a heavy set or whatever thing? So why can’t we just sue our parents for our genetics and their choice to have a kid knowing that?
If we get made fun of for being poor or having a curfew or because our parents have a lame car or make stupid jokes- should we be able to sue them for those things too? For making us pack lunch when the cool kids get to buy lunch, for not having good fashion sense and dressing us not cool? It gets ridiculous pretty fast.
The story might be interesting, if it wasn't bullshit. Just search for teenager-sue-parents-naming-gaylord-fact-check/ It was originally posted on World News Daily Report, which has the following disclaimer:
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Don't be so silly, nobody would sue their parents because of their name.... No he sued his football team for not picking him and causing him PTSD.... A true snowflake.....
m.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/teen-who-sued-football-team-for-ptsd-after-being-dropped-by-coach-loses-case-35661826.html
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MY favourite part in this article, the judge wrecking the boy's father: "Judge O'Donnabhain said it was an "emotional" and "difficult" case. He said Declan Cooke was undoubtedly a "caring parent" but that he was not "over-blessed with insight"."
If we read past the most seemingly outrageous parts of the headline- it looks like the primary complaint was that the player was cut from the team but believes he is a good player, and that his father had brought a vote of no confidence against the current coach previously and they were alleging that the coach retaliated by first cutting the players time on field and later cutting him entirely. That would at least be valid grounds for suit- if the player was being discriminated against by the coach for his fathers relationship with the coach. The PTSD and certain other complaints seem to be added in the way a person suing for a car accident might add “pain and suffering” to the motion to potentially collect the judgment.
That said- it sounds like the kid is pretty sensitive, and personally I don’t think it’s wrong to be sensitive- but I do think if getting cut from the team causes you PTSD you may have a level of sensitivity which you and your parents should get you some help and work on getting you to where you can function at a basic level in society without having to sue someone whenever you get picked last for kick ball.
This is the world of capitalism where a simple sorry doesn’t mean anything anymore. People want compensation in dollars
This what you want?
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m.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/teen-who-sued-football-team-for-ptsd-after-being-dropped-by-coach-loses-case-35661826.html