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An Italian couple have been banned from naming their son Friday, after judges said it was associated with 'subservience and inferiority', reported the Daily Telegraph. The boy's parents, who named him after the Robinson Crusoe character, said they would continue to call him Friday, a 'nice' name.

- Parents tell little white lies to their children every day, revealed asurvey of 3,000 mums and dads carried out by The Baby Website. Commonfibs included, Father Christmas only visits good children, sitting tooclose to the television gives you square eyes and eating crusts will puthairs on your chest, reported the Daily Mail.

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