[blparent] Baby names- middle names

[Tay Laurie]

I was always called by my middle name except for by my dad's parents.
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From: "Bridgit Pollpeter" <bpollpeter at hotmail.com>
To: <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2012 3:40 AM
Subject: [blparent] Baby names- middle names


> Me too, but also it's because it was established this way in most of our
> homes. Of course if you hear your middle name when in trouble, a
> conditioning response takes place letting a child know they are in more
> trouble than usual, starting that association. If a child does not have
> a middle name, they never make this association. It's all just
> perspective, and honestly, why give a name that will be more associated
> with trouble than anything else?
>
> Nothing against middle names, I just don't like them myself unless
> having meaning and intent of some kind. I have no intention of giving
> another child a middle name unless we have one with meaning, such as a
> parent or grandparent name.
>
> But a child will only make associations if they are present in their
> life. Devoid of a middle name, there will be no reason to ever hear
> angry or frustrated tones connected with the middle name, and therefore
> not think they are in less trouble because they lack a third name when
> in trouble, grin.
>
> There's some psycho stuf for the list, smile.
>
> Sincerely,
> Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter
> Read my blog at:
> http://blogs.livewellnebraska.com/author/bpollpeter/
>
> "History is not what happened; history is what was written down."
> The Expected One- Kathleen McGowan
>
> Message: 33
> Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2012 21:23:56 -0400
> From: "Tammy" <tcl189 at rogers.com>
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> Hi,
>
> My middle name always, always had meaning, it meant I was in big big
> trouble.  grin  It's the same with my kids, they know they're in trouble
>
> when I call them by their middle names.
>
> Tammy
>
>
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