I was browsing a list of top baby names for 2009 and 2010 and found that teenagers tend to pick out non-traditional names for babies (Bentley after the car) or names of characters of their favorite books/movies/musicians (Isabella after Twilight and Heath after Heath Ledger). It has me wondering if this is symbolic of the problem with teen pregnancy in general. The babies having babies saying is never more true than when kids are asked to give their children permanent, lifelong names. Heath Ledger died after a drug overdose, but was cool in the Batman movie so I will name my son after him. Jackson also jumped up the list after the death of Michael Jackson...I used to think that was a cute name. So I am thinking that when kids of kids of their own, they are not able to process that a name is important and lasting, not something that is fleeting or tied to what is trending at the moment. I think it speaks to teens inability to think about long-term consequences of actions.
http://content.usatoday.com/entertainment-post/michael-jackson-twilight-influence-popular-baby-names.html
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