{"id":4963,"date":"2013-06-24T08:07:17","date_gmt":"2013-06-24T12:07:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/doinglifetogether\/?p=4963"},"modified":"2013-06-24T08:11:22","modified_gmt":"2013-06-24T12:11:22","slug":"kardashian-goes-directional-with-baby-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/doinglifetogether\/2013\/06\/kardashian-goes-directional-with-baby-name.html","title":{"rendered":"Kardashian Goes Directional With Baby Name"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m feeling blog lite today. So let me focus on a rather unimportant issue, well at least unimportant to most of us, but not to one little girl. One little girl will grow up with an unusually name that could be the brunt of teasing. Right now, her parents are not \u00a0married. Not sure if they ever will be. And she will grow up in an incredible spotlight, making it difficult to have any type of normal life. That girl is the new baby of Kim Kardashian and Kanye West. They named her North West!<\/p>\n<p>Yes, you read that right&#8211;NORTH WEST.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8221;m not even sure how to think of that name. It&#8217;s really a direction. Can you imagine how confused Siri will be?<\/p>\n<p>With all the hype around the birth of this baby, the couple is still unsure about getting married. I know that isn&#8217;t a big deal in Hollywood anymore, but it is a big deal to children. They need mothers and fathers around to model a committed marriage. Marriage has benefits for both children and parents. And let&#8217;s not forget, that marriage is still God&#8217;s plan for raising children. But God isn&#8217;t consulted much these days when it comes to people having babies out of wedlock. What was a stigma years ago in my lifetime, has now become posh, at least among the wealthy. But what disturbs me most is this growing belief that both mothers and fathers are not needed to raise children.<\/p>\n<p>If we follow the data, we find this isn&#8217;t true. Children, raised by single parents don&#8217;t fare as well as those raise by two. Money isn&#8217;t what makes it all OK. It&#8217;s the necessary roles both parents play in a child&#8217;s life. And I am sad when I read stories like the Kardashian-West relationship in which Kanye is given big points for being interested in his new daughter. Really, this child is his responsibility, not a new toy or gadget trying to interest him.<\/p>\n<p>So here&#8217;s another child brought into the world in an unstable family. But we celebrate it because of celebrity, which has nothing to do with raising a healthy child.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m feeling blog lite today. 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