Bullying to child Bullying, based on appearance, body language, level of competence or any other aspect, can be a traumatic experience. The scars of bullying follow a child well into adolescence and sometimes into adulthood as well. In a recent case, a Brazilian court She refused a couple’s choice of name for her baby because she feared the child might be bullied because of the name.
A couple wanted to name their son after Piye, the first in a series of black pharaohs who ruled ancient Egypt. “There was a word there that spoke of the black pharaoh. We researched what he looked like and found the story of Piie, a Nubian warrior who fought and conquered Egypt and became the first black pharaoh,” Danillo explained to the Daily Mail.
However, the court rejected the baby nameWondering why? Apparently, the pharaoh’s name is pronounced in a way that could be confused with “Pie,” the Portuguese word for a ballet dance step, the court said in a ruling.
Although the couple wanted to name their son ‘Piye’, the court rejected the idea as it felt that the child would be subjected to ridicule and bullying throughout his life. “Hence, the sound and spelling of the name were determining factors for rejection as they could cause embarrassment in the future to the child,” the court reasoned.
When you think about it, a child can be bullied for a variety of reasons. Could it be that preventing a child from being given a certain name is a solution to preventing bullying? Danillo, the boy’s father, says there is no way to stop bullying. “Bullying can only be prevented through education, awareness and compassion. We know that bullying cannot be fought by banning it, nor can it be fought with oppression. Bullying can be fought by studying and working on the ignorance of society as a whole,” he says.
Well, Danillo is right about this. It is the mindset of the bullies that needs to be changed. Unless that happens, you cannot really prevent bullying. Also, you need to understand that bullies never have legitimate reasons to mock or ridicule someone. “I can understand why the court took the decision it did, but we need a more comprehensive approach to tackle bullying. We need to make people sufficiently aware of the impact of bullying. Unless that happens, innocent children will always be bullied by people who are just not fully aware of what they are doing,” says Akansha Mehra, mother of an 8-year-old boy.
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