What Your Baby's Name Says About You

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Jane, Mary, John, Joe, Robert, James

You are grounded and stable, traits that kids deplore. But you are also the kind of supportive parent everyone hopes for and ultimately appreciates. You want your child to have the best chances of self actuality rather than a become a mere mirror of your own ego. They develop their own personality without restraint. Although, since research shows easily pronounced names build ... more 

Photo by: Dreamstime

Jane, Mary, John, Joe, Robert, James

You are grounded and stable, traits that kids deplore. But you are also the kind of supportive parent everyone hopes for and ultimately appreciates. You want your child to have the best chances of self actuality rather than a become a mere mirror of your own ego. They develop their own personality without restraint. Although, since research shows easily pronounced names build self-confidence and therefore beget high achievers, they will have an inflated sense of self and possibly become the James Franco-ish Master of All They Survey brand of smug. Thus alienating themselves into exactly the ostracism you were trying to avoid.
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