Mum's simple 'porch rule' to name babies and avoid regret is foolproof

dailyrecord.co.uk:

Some parents spend hours agonising over the perfect name for their baby, envisioning how it will fit them in school, work, and relationships.

However, clever parents on social media have now shared a foolproof method to test potential baby names, known as the 'porch rule'.This advice came after a mum considered naming her daughter 'Cutie', which was met with a collective online gasp of 'no'.

One savvy parent suggested: "Go to your front door and open it. Pretend your daughter is playing outside but you can't see her from where you stand.

Yell her name as loudly as you can."She continued, advising to call out something like: "Shout, 'Cutie, time to come home', or 'Cutie, dinner's ready'.