Millennial parents are picking baby names based on available domain names, a new study claims. The new trend emerged in a study examining how the internet is shaping approaches to parenting, and how thinking about a child’s online presence now starts while they are in the womb.
According to the research, as many as one in five millennial parents said they changed or seriously considered changing their baby’s name based on what domain names were free at the time. The study compared the parenting approaches of millennial parents against those of Gen X and found a huge growth in the number preparing their children for a life online before they are even born.
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