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| “We’re old. Older than Google, too.” |
| It’s easy to forget what life was like before cell phones fit in your pocket and Google could tell you the meaning of life in less than .2 seconds. Gen Z is the first generation to be born after technology began to move faster than most people can blink. They never had to deal with the slow speeds and loud noises of dial up internet. |
| In fact, most people that fall in the Gen Z category have no idea that their parents burned music on a CD thinking that was peak mix tape technology. Oh, how wrong they were. Now songs live in a cloud but somehow come out of your phone without having to purchase the entire album or wait until the radio station plays the song so you can record it. |
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| Showing concern when your child falls over can make things worse. |
| Every parent has experienced the two-stage reaction to their kid falling down while running around. Step one: Freeze and hold your breath. Maybe if you don’t react, they won’t cry. Right? Step two: This time, they’re actually hurt. Here come the tears. You move in to go inspect the boo-boo and. Good news… ’tis but a scratch! |
| But for some reason they won’t stop crying and saying how bad it hurts. “Come on, shake it off,” you insist. “It’s not that bad.” You wonder if they’re hamming up the near-invisible wound for a little extra attention, maybe you start to get annoyed. |
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| His parents want him to choose a more “professional” name before college, but he won’t have it. |
| As parents age, they may regret the names they give their children. This is especially true as they get older and have to enter the professional world, where studies show unusual names are a hindrance. However, should they have the right to change their child’s name as a teen if their child isn’t into it? |
| A 16-year-old boy who goes by the username 1ft2nyn shared how, for the past 6 years, his parents have been nudging him to use a different name, but he isn’t interested. “My parents started to regret my name when I was maybe 10 … [They] started sometimes calling me by my middle name and only stopping when I told them it was weird and I liked my first name. When I was 13, they asked me if I ever went by a nickname and I said no,” he wrote. |
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| Is this the beginning of a “gravestone baby” trend? |
| There are a million and one ways to find a baby name. Some parents might glean their own family line, scour through beloved books or pop culture references, or even hire a professional to conjure up some creative ideas. |
| But as we dive into the spooky season, you could opt for the more macabre route. That is what Haley Hodge did for her fourth child. |
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