Jeffrey Dahmer murdered, mutilated and cannibalized 17 young men and boys between 1978 and 1991, and somehow his parents were to blame. At least according to some psychologists, who claimed that Dahmer’s “disturbing behavior” was a result of a strained relationship with his parents.
Frankly, I don’t buy into the whole blame-all-your-faults-on-your-parents philosophy, and I certainly don’t think Dahmer’s parents were to blame for their son’s psychotic behavior, but there is one fact of life that is the sole responsibility of mothers and fathers: baby names.
When it comes to naming children, parents are the ultimate decision makers. While some moms and dads prefer to bestow traditional names on their offspring, others embrace bizarre monikers, especially celebrity parents.
But in the case of Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick it’s not so much what they named their newborn twin daughters, it’s the fact that one girl has more names than the other, that’s making headlines.
According to reports, the celebrity couple’s surrogate delivered two healthy baby girls on Monday in Ohio.
Marion Loretta Elwell Broderick was 5 pounds 11 ounces at birth while Tabitha Hodge Broderick weighed in at 6 pounds.
Take a look at those names again—-did you notice that one girl has four names and the other has just three?
According to ABC News, the girls’ middle names honor family members on Parker’s side. Makes perfect sense to me, after all, the couple’s 6-year-old son James Wilkie was named in honor of Broderick’s dad. James in the Jewish tradition after Broderick’s actor father James Broderick and Wilkie after Parker’s favorite 19th century British writer Wilkie Collins.
What doesn’t make much sense to me is the fact that baby Tabitha appears to have been shortchanged in the name department.
What kind of parent does that?
A baby name imbalance—-that’s a new one.
Some baby naming experts are sounding off on the discrepancy as well saying that it is very unusual for twins not to be given the same number of names.
What do you make of the Broderick’s lopsided name game?
Do you think Tabitha will give her famous parents grief about her name when she gets older?
I can see it now: When the girls get into a fight, Marion will claim to be the superior sibling because she has four names instead of three.
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