Do you have a kid that is under performing at school, or he/she always gets into fights in the schoolyard?
Here is a [tag]Chinese[/tag] solution. Just change his/her name.
A new [tag]semester[/tag] has just started for elementary and [tag]middle school [/tag]students in [tag]Shanghai[/tag], and as always a number of parents are registering to change their children’s names in the hope of changing their temper, bringing good luck, or improving grades.
A better name might even serve as a [tag]medicine[/tag] against [tag]addiction[/tag].
Some [tag]parents[/tag] say they hope a new name will help their [tag]children[/tag] drop bad habits, like addiction to the Internet.
Changing a name is not something you just do by picking up “The sweet boys and girls names” book. You go to a “name-giving master” or a naming agency.
A naming agency …. said its professionals analyze the defects of a person’s original name, and suggest a new one based on the person’s [tag]birthday[/tag] and other [tag]fortune-telling[/tag] skills.
A new name costs between 800 [tag]yuan[/tag] (US$99) and 10,000 yuan. No guarantees of course and definitely an even more confused child.
Source: Shanghai Gazette