I'm a Writer/Reporter for The Seattle P-I, and National Public Radio. In India, I worked as a Reporter for The Indian Express, India's second largest newspaper. I grew up in in Chandigarh, India, and lived in North Africa with many lively British, German, and Bengali friends. I've written on alcoholism, drug de-addiction and changes in society brought forth by a growing economy for national newspapers. I now love to write about the Indian diaspora. Stay tuned!

Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Audio Science Jones?

A wannabe Hollywood starlet was recently featured in Allure magazine where she proudly declared that she and her partner have named their new son, "Audio" and that for his middle name, they chose, "Science".

I know such people are too afraid of being found out to have terribly boring lives and will do anything to attract attention, but this? This is beyond belief. What's going to be this poor kid's nickname? POD? Why do parents have such little regard for what they are inflicting on their kids?

I'm a mom myself and I know that parenting is tremendously fulfilling. Once you get committed to being the best parent you can, it's really not that hard. But naming yr kid outrageous names in an attempt to become iconoclastic or "too cool to care" is the tip of the iceberg in the many behavioral problems coming their way vv soon. I wish I could knock some sense into the Hollywood Parenting set. Drugs, immorality, lack of perspective; Don't they have too many problems already?!?

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