I would make an appointment with a child psychologist. It wouldnt hurt him and could identify a few behavioural issues. I think we turn a blind eye too easily to psychopathic behaviour in its early stages. I can only make this suggestion based on this parents explanation, however, I just feel if a parent is continually alarmed at their childs lack of empathy then something needs to be addressed. 

I would say the first: Au-gus-tin, when you pronounce August the first syllable is emphasised.

There are more unique and wonderful names in the world than ever before, with others embracing different cultures and that’s great. But I do have a slight issue when parents give their children a name they cannot correctly pronounce. Look it is free will and all and look they can pronounce it however they want to but in the above article, it’s an issue with grammar. Do not add in a grammatical mark that has been created to help others pronounce words or names and then turn around and say “that’s not how you say my name”. Because actually it is. Grammar wasn’t created to make lives hell it was created to make it easier.

Pffttt not all children are these innocent, non understanding humans as people perceive. The author is probably right on the money. If a child comes to stay they should follow the parents rules and listen to them. My mum helped choose some of my friends and a lot of that was though the parents. Clearly "Violet" is an outgoing and exhubant personality- great! But not when your in someone else's house and a guest. We should be making an effort to start teaching our children manners again and not allowing their different personalities to dictate and acting all "oh but they're just kids", they won't be forever. And do we want to invite over adults who whinge when they're not entertained or grumble about a meal they've been served (after special requests have been accounted for) or tear our houses apart?

Gender and Sex are two completely different concepts. Fair enough she wants to raise her baby gender neutral but I don't agree with her refusing to acknowledge the baby's sex. When born, a human is either male, female or in rare cases a mix of both. There is no denying this fact and there is no denying that when the baby becomes a teenager, they will encounter puberty and that occurs differently according to their sex. You can appeal society's rules regarding gender but in regards to sex, with our advanced knowledge of science and biology your just displaying a lack of education and maturity to handle the truth of life itself

I feel this way about cabbage patch kids. I wouldn't want my children to aspire to be a pudgy kid hanging around a cabbage patch haha! That is my attempt at sarcasm. But honestly a Barbie doll is just a super girly toy that girls love (I loved my Barbies) but I never grew up aspiring to be a Barbie (because it's a doll). I feel like we don't give enough respect to children's intelligence anymore, because any woman who grows up wanting to be a Barbie has obviously had other issues in her past, not just the fact she played with Barbies.

Loved this article! And I love the name. I love names and exploring origins etc and I like how you pointed out it is the tone of how people ask the question, not so much the question.

Ok this story and others like it have really frustrated me. His scene would have been filmed much earlier than when the abuse allegations occurred and so that means everybody assumes they were supposed to say "well because of your bad behaviour in your personal life we're going to replace you."
I am not diminishing any abuse claims in the slightest but I am also a realist and I don't agree with those who want to diminish all of Johnny Depps great acting (I didn't mind him as Grindelwald and although I would of preferred German or English actor, he still aced it!)

I'm horrified to be reading that unaccompanied minors have not been allocated a spare seat next to them. I flew unaccompanied most of my childhood starting at 8 years old. And I also would have a lengthy transit period in Auckland before flying home. I was always seated with other children, constantly supervised by flight attendants and during transits I would sit with the workers behind desks. I always felt very safe and never had any sort of terror that these poor children have experienced. You do pay more for unaccompanied so if they can't allocate a spare seat that is downright shocking. And I am not a sexist person but I disagree with the arguing of sexism on planes. Obviously the poor firefighter would have felt embarrassed and that situation would be defamation. The airline should have been better organised. But I know that fathers, brothers and men around the world would prefer their child to sit next to a woman if there were no other options available. And my own father would not feel comfortable sitting next to a young child on a plane. And yes the horrible truth is that people look and think the wrong ideas and I don't agree with that either but the incidents described above are committed by men. So why even take a chance and honestly why even chance letting any stranger, man or woman, sit next to a unaccompanied minor after these sad stories. The poor poor children.

Hopefully these poor children read the news reports and understand how much their mum loved them. I find their father to be despicable. For all those who try and defend him, actually read everything he has said to the media and then you'll know he is a manipulative and vindictive man who is only trying to hurt his ex-wife.

I personally find that the very point of this whole concept is being misconstrued. I have travelled to countries that implement this idea and I think it's excellent. The concept is not meant to be sexist or to pigeon hole women. It is meant to provide a little more comfort and safety for women. How many articles or news segments do we hear about regarding rape and assaults on women? I think by creating a women's car park area (where they have specifically said they won't fine the men who do park in there anyway) they are being pro active in our society. Its not just the women who this idea is marketed towards, it's for the boyfriends and husbands of women, the mothers and fathers of daughters, some who may have been driving for a short while, and females who have been assaulted and no longer feel comfortable or safe in their own communities.