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Naming - so many things to say.
I like to include the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child in Baby-welcoming ceremonies. Here is Article 7:
1. The child shall be registered immediately after birth and shall have the right from birth to a name, the right to acquire a nationality and. as far as possible, the right to know and be cared for by his or her parents.
The right to a NAME and an identity should be inviolate. We often use the UN Convention, and add this poem in Baby-welcoming ceremonies:
There are three names by which a person is called:
One which her father and mother call her,
And one which people call her,
And one which she earns for herself.
The best one of these is the one that she earns for herself.
