Lior and Vardit Adler are the newest candidate for parents of the year. Not since watching "True Life: I Have Embarrassing Parents" as an adolescent boy have I been so embarrassed for an innocent, unknowing child. The MTV reality show detailed the lives of 3 sisters whose parents were both professional clowns whose last name was Graham. Maybe you can't blame a clown couple for going for the joke and naming their children Candy, Milli, and Holly, but Lior and Vardit aren't part of the seltzer and big shoes crowd.
You see, the Adlers named their chidl "Like," as in the Like button on Facebook. Somewhere in Palo Alto that little brillow pad and Corey Matthews-wannabe Mark Zuckerberg is smiling as he slowly takes control of the world.
At what age will "Like" be allowed to have a Facebook account? She (that's right, it's a girl) must have earned that right, given the fact that she will undoubtedly be mocked by friends and enemies alike. It could be worse, though- she could have been named Facebook. If there is akreadt a person so-named, I hope that these two wil meet someday through social media and we'll have a real live Facebook Like.
I'll give them a 9 for originality, 2 for thinking it through, and a 6 for naming their other two children Honey and Pie.
The one thing you can't take away from Lior and Vardit is the effort. Like they put in more than 5 minutes of thought to come up with a name that bad. On the other hand, perhaps my favorite athlete father George Foreman took the road even less traveled, by naming his 5 sons George and daughters Freeda George and Georgetta. This is dually surprising as Foreman is never one to shamelessly use his name on products or business ventures.
With that said, check out George breaking down the keys to be a good father in his 2008 book "Fatherhood by George."
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