Ginger & worried about the future.

Dd is a redhead and has not had any bullying or negative comments. I don't think it's a 'thing' any more. She does get compliments and loves her hair colour so far. She's 7.

My dc is 15 and has amazing red hair. Never ever received negative comments. Her db's affectionately call her Ginge and it's never said or taken badly.
It's waist length and wavy.
I def have hair envy!

My child doesnt have red hair but does have birthmarks. A wise teacher friend reassured me that its personality type that determines whether a child suffers bullying or not, not what they look like. Some beautiful children are bullied while some with obvious differences are not. My son, now 10, has experienced no bullying, he's had comments but knows how to deal with them and brush them off. I'm guessing secondary school will be the true test but he's resilient, confident and funny, I have high hopes he'll be ok.

I honestly don't think that's much of a thing anymore.

Even if it was, the best thing is to teach her to be confident in herself. Kids can get bullied for ANYTHING so just equip her to be resilient.

I have a blue eyed, red haired 19yo ds and a green eyed, red haired 13yo dd and neither have ever been bullied about their hair colour, it’s a gorgeous strawberry blonde and they have only ever had compliments about it - dd more so than ds. I have two other dds who wish they had red hair. I don’t really think it’s much of a thing any more for dc to be bullied for their hair colour.

My daughter is 5 and has been bullied over her hair. Kids can always find something to bully over

I don’t think anyone bullies red heads anymore do they? It’s not the 1980’s.
If anything it’s an admired hair colour. I don’t think you have anything to worry about

Possible, OP. I had a bit of it in secondary, as did some ginger friends. Mainly just questions around pubic hair- 'Oi, do the curtains match the drapes?' or, from the more hard of thought, 'Do you have ginger pubes??' shouted down the corridor. A friend got nicknamed Duracell. Nothing worse than that really for the girls (oddly, the comments always came from the boys). The ginger boys got it worse, and I shan't tell you what stuff the one ginger lad in our form got subjected to, but I do hope it didn't impact on his ability to have kids down the line.

I have 2 ginger children. We get stopped in the street endlessly for people to tell me how wonderful their hair is. My DD is 19 and she has no shortage of admirers. My DS is 15 and he isn't as cute as he was as a toddler to be honest but hasn't been bullied for his hair colour at all.

They both have brown eyes and my other 2 DC have blonde hair and blue eyes. My DH had dark hair and dark eyes and I have hazel eyes and mousy hair! Genetics is weird.

Going to school in the 90s I was made fun of for having red hair. Some awful comments were made.

However DS1 has bright ginger hair and has never had any negative comments regarding his hair. Times have definitely changed.

Another redhead here. Never been bullied, only ever complimented.

One of my DC's has the most gorgeous red hair. He's very proud to be ginger and his siblings are wishful that they were born with red hair too.

I can remember him thinking his hair was loosing it's red and asking me to buy some shampoo to maintain his ginger.

Bring her up to be proud!

My 7yo blue eyed, freckly, ginger girl has had nothing but compliments on her hair and has never been bullied for it.

My two DSs have red hair, my older DS is VERY bright copper and the baby is more strawberry blonde. DS1 is very proud of his hair and says he's special and its true.

Also, just seen all the comments about how red hair isn't bullied in schools anymore. DH and I are both teachers and students are definitely still treated the same regarding ginger hair - boys get it worse than girls but there are definitely comments. It's more of a case that kids will use it to bully kids that they'd find a reason to pick on anyway but it's definitely still a thing - also, a lot of the time it's jokey comments rather than actual bullying.

My daughter is ginger / strawberry blonde and has featured in a few ad campaigns ! Cameras love ginger hair !

I went to school with a cousin who had gorgeous hair, she was horribly bullied. I honestly think the only reason they kept it up was that she reacted so strongly to it - angry, shouty and aggressive and they fed off that. I think her reaction was partly due to her own low self confidence.

Teaching your DD how to be comfortable and confident in her own skin is the best thing you can do.

Both my parents have dark brunette hair (so do all my siblings). I had bright, fiery red hair when I born that lasted for a few months. Then it went very, very blonde and stayed that way until around the time I started school. From there, it slowly got darker and I ended up with brown hair with natural blonde highlights.
My son's hair was red when he was born and it slowly turned to blonde too.

My daughter has never been bullied or had any bad comments about being red headed! She loves her hair. It’s different now to years ago, it’s not a thing anymore

I'd try not to worry about it. It may never happen, but if it does, you'll be there for her and do whatever you can for her. In the meantime, you'll be teaching her to be proud of herself and to know her self-worth.

Bullying can happen for all sorts of reasons, whatever a person's hair colour. Bullies can always find something to focus on, unfortunately, but at least bullying is considered a serious problem these days. Not so long ago, it was considered just part of growing up.

In my DD's secondary school having red hair is something to be admired and envied. Times have changed.

Ds2 has never been bullied. He's ginger and proud.

Definitely less of a thing now

My nephew has similar colouring as your DD and is now at secondary school, I am not aware of any problems with bullying and he is a very confident and bright boy

I do not have any redheads but my children have friends who are and I don't think they have ever been bullied for their haircolour. I think it's less of a thing now - my dad was teased mercilessly way back when for being ginger.

I'm a teacher in a secondary school. We have hundreds of red haired children, all shades including stunning Titian and glowing copper. We do not have bullying reports from them about hair colour. We have quite a robust system and I'm confident at least some would report it. Try not to worry.