Perhaps things are different in New Zealand, but naming your kid “Superman” as these parents are trying to do is simply cruel. Worse, they tried to name their newborn boy “4Real” but the government registry wisely rejected the attempt.

If you want to be funny don’t make it at your newborn’s expense. The cruel parents, Pat and Sheena Wheaton of Wellington New Zealand, say they will get around the decision by the Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages by officially naming their son Superman but referring to him as 4Real, the New Zealand Herald newspaper has reported.

The Wheatons claim that they decided on the name after seeing the baby for the first time in an ultrasound scan and realizing their baby was “for real.” Far more likely is that they were drunk or stoned and thought it would be funny.

Apparently having never heard the Johnny Cash classic “A Boy Named Sue”, the Wheaton’s are headstrong in their desire to screw up their son’s life.

“No matter what its going to stay 4Real,” Wheaton told the Herald, “I’m certainly not a quitter.”

These are exactly the type of parents who should not have children. If anyone has an idea how to accomplish this without creating more problems than it solves please let us know.

By the way, the kid is 2 months old and still does not have a name.

Update: Coincidentally, Venezuela is trying to make naming a kid Superman against the law.

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