Brotherly Comfort
Charleigh (pronounced Char- lee) has been receiving some teasing for her masculine name. The kids often call her “Charlie Brown” or “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” Initially she became outraged yelling her full name at the top of her lungs each time they teased her.
Kaleb and I worked with her on better responses. Kaleb told her if she didn’t get mad maybe the boys would leave her alone. They practiced her responses:
To Charlie Brown she would say in a jovial tone “Hey! Maybe I should get a dog named Snoopy”
To the Chocolate Factory quips she would reply, “Everyone likes chocolate”
My Charleigh tried these tactics for a month to no avail. This afternoon she updated us on the situation. The kids still kept giving her the unwanted nicknames.
Big brother Kaleb tried to encourage her. Perhaps the boys were teasing her because they liked her. After all; Charleigh is a “famous star” name. Maybe they liked her because she was in reality a “star”. I could see in her eyes that the 7yr old wisdom had struck a cord. “You mean it’s like I’m a star?” she asked in excitement “Yes” he said.
“After all, there are a lot of famous Charlie people. In fact my favorite Charlie is Charlie Brown” Her face dropped, her temporary smile gone, she dropped to her knees and looked up at him “I thought I was your favorite Charleigh!”She cried. Quick to mend her feelings he assured her that he was talking about his favorite “pretend” Charlie and that everyone knew she was his favorite “real life” Charleigh. As quickly as she fell she jumped up and gave him a hug.
I have a feeling Kaleb is going to make a good husband. He is already in training and has almost mastered the art of talking to a woman.
He is learning young. I hope he doesn’t forget when he gets older
Sweet story!
I can relate to Charleigh’s problem because people used to make fun of me-Randi is more common as a man’s name. People used to call me Randall. Ah well, life goes on and now I think my name is fine and in fact I like it because it is different! Personally, i think Charleigh is adorable for a girl!!!
Charleigh I can relate the boys would call me (If I write this NO ONE BETTER CALL ME THIS) Sami Semi. I hatted this.
Kali says that Dorman is the trouble maker and bothers all the girls. They are trying to figure out a way to make him stop without tataling or doing something that will get them in trouble. I dont know what to tell her because all I can think of is they could really come up with some good name calling to so I have keep my mouth closed. I know this is REALLY hard to belive on my part.
What a sweet brother. Sounds like he will make a wonderful husband. And Charleigh is an absolutely beautiful name. Tell her I said so please.