Have you ever thought of what you’d like to name your child. Perhaps in fact putting your brain in gear and choosing something appropriate so that your children won’t want to claim early life insurance on your behalf might be worth considering.

A New Zealand judge has ordered that the parents of an eight-year-old girl change her name, saying it is highly embarrassing and makes the child a target for ridicule.

The girl, who lives in New Plymouth on the west coast of the north island, is named “Talula Does the Hula From Hawaii”. ABC News

As seen in a movie review for the latest Batman flick The Dark Knight.

Sydney mother Laurina took her 8-year-old son to the movie as a school holiday activity and left the cinema highly disturbed by the violent scenes, and felt the movie was inappropriately rated.  News.com.au

WTF WERE YOU EXPECTING?

“I’m horrified, this movie is rated M and I almost feel it’s heavier than an R rated film. I had to cover his eyes and talk to him throughout to cover some of the dialogue.

For clarification – M is recommended for ages 15 years and over. Reading comprehension is tomorrow at 4 at your local Centrelink.

Today we begin a series where I begin proving that the world is doomed to stupidity.

Christian conservative groups in the United States fret that immunising young children will encourage early sexual activity. Australia’s Senator Barnaby Joyce is circumspect about his own four daughters being vaccinated; he fears “an overwhelming (public) backlash from people saying, ‘Don’t you dare put something out there that gives my 12-year-old daughter a licence to be promiscuous’.” The Age.

Basically being immunised against strains of HPV, means go forth and have sex.