Dad slammed after telling bullied daughter with 'grandma' name he hates it too

18.01.2023 - 02:53 / dailyrecord.co.uk

Naming your baby is a huge decision for any parent as it's likely you are choosing the name that your child will go by for the rest of their life. However, one dad has stirred up some controversy as he admitted he told his six-year-old daughter he 'never liked' her 'grandma' name after she came home from school in tears because other kids were teasing her for it.

The man took to Reddit to explain his daughter's name is Mildred and he strongly 'fought' against the name when his wife was pregnant but his determined wife made the decision, the Mirror reports. However, when the little girl told her father she was being bullied for her old fashioned name, he chose not to comfort her but instead told her he also thought her name was 'stupid' and she could change it in the future.

In a post on Reddit, he wrote: "Mildred. That's my 6-year-old daughter's name. I fought so hard to not have her named that, but my wife was dead set on it. Who even names their kid Mildred anymore? Are we in the 19th century or something? And plus I know how kids are.

"Sure enough, I picked up my daughter from school today and usually she's excited when I pick her up, but she was quiet. I kept asking her what was wrong and when we were almost home, she finally confessed and said that someone in her class had said that her name 'sounded like a grandma'. Basically, old.

"She said she didn't like her name anymore, and I tried to sympathize by saying, 'I'm sorry kiddo. Yeah, I never liked your name either. I thought it was a stupid name when I first heard it, but everyone in the family thought it was okay, and I got shot down.

"But on the bright side, you can change it when you get older.' We were in the garage by then and she looked at me in horror and said,