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I’m a mum of 13 – my son is bullied over his unique name, we’ve had to call in police
A MUM-OF-13 has revealed she was forced to call in police after her son was bullied over his unique name.
Emma Hann and hubby Roy, from Dundee, are parents to Scotland's biggest family.
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Their bumper brood includes Rachel, 31, Sophia, 29, Polly, 28, Charlotte, 26, Alice, 24, Annabelle, 22, Jennifer, 20, Isabella, 18, Jonas, 17, Enos, 14, Eva, 13, Posy, 11 and Meg, seven.
Of the children, eight still live at home in their six-bedroom semi-detached house.
Emma, 52, is used to the children playfully bickering at home but has been left "really, really upset" after discovering son Enos, 14, is being bullied at school.
In a bid to resolve the situation, the mum has even given her teen son the opportunity to change his name to avoid further torment.
Speaking on the , Emma said: "We’ve called the school a couple of times about Enos with boys picking on him on the way to school and stuff.
"The school’s been brilliant. They’ve spoken to the kids involved.
He [Enos] said it’s around his name. I said do you want to change your name because you’re starting high school?
"He kind of joked that he would, and then he seemed to be fine.
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"The kids shouldn’t be treating him badly and slagging his name."
Enos, a Hebrew name, means "mortal man" and is said to encourage baby to live life to the fullest, as well as respect his heritage and family's history.
No baby was given the name in Scotland last year.
In a recent incident, Enos was attacked by a youth outside Home Bargains on his way home from school.
The sick ambush, witnessed by his younger sister Eva, saw the 14-year-old being kicked in the head and hit with rocks.
Dad Roy, a senior nurse, raced to collect his son and called in police who are understood to have spoken to the teen responsible.
And extra measures are being considered at the school to keep the teen safe.
Emma said: "The school were going to put something in place so that Enos and Eva can walk home a little earlier.
"But we had a discussion about that and it was quite interesting because I didn’t want them to be made different and leave school a little earlier but Enos and Eva were like ‘we don’t mind’.
"I’m really, really upset about the whole thing. I hope this is going to be the end of it. It has been ramping up here and it’s not ok."
We told earlier how Emma was a stay-at-home mum for 28 years but has now returned to work.
She admitted being home with the children all the time often left her feeling lonely and overwhelmed.
She said: "I didn’t realise that I was kinda missing something.
"The stay-at-home mum thing, I think I kept telling myself I was loving it.
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"But there were times when it was so completely, very, very lonely and very overwhelming.
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"I’ve been really surprised, coming into work, how having time for myself how necessary that was. I didn’t know I needed it."
- Catch up with the Hann Family in Scotland’s Biggest Families available on BBC iPlayer
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