Should I let my son wear pink?

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Quick question for you all, please help if you can!
My son is 7. Totally regular, bog-standard boy, broadly gender-conforming.
His favourite colour is bright pink. I don't care, and I like him choosing his own clothes and expressing himself. He's bright and confident.
Worried he'll get bullied, though. Do I buy the bright pink clothing (trainers and t-shirts) or try to steer him gently towards other colours he likes and avoid the 'controversy'? Wwyd?
Thanks.

Buy the bright pink.

Let him wear what he wants!

Of course. Encourage his individuality.

What controversy ? Plenty of pink clothes out there for boys and men.

My adult children wore pink Fred Perry with the collar, when they were about 8,and still wear them as adults.

Look up the history of pink for boys, with your son. 😀

Why would he get bullied for wearing clothes?

It’s dramatically changed over the last 5-10 years. Last multi pack of pants I bought my son had a pink pair. I think it’s much less controversial.
Might depend on area though. In a posh bit you’d be more ok.

This was my son.
He wanted pink sheets for his bed but worried it wasn’t a ‘boy’ colour. I told him that every colour was for every person and he should just like whatever he liked.
For once he actually listened and I got the sheets. He’s now 13 and into pastel yellows and blues more than pink but is STILL proud to just like what he likes.

Kids these days should be less caught up in the "boys colours v girls colours" as most people are thankfully not as rigid of thinking, so hopefully don't raise their children to believe that if a boy wears something pink he'll turn gay/catch cooties/people will assume he's a girl.

If it helps, pink used to be a boys colour: "A specific example of this can be seen in an old trade publication from 1918. According to Smithsonian, the magazine Earnshaw’s Infants’ Department noted “The generally accepted rule is pink for the boys, and blue for the girls”."

It's all just fashion and cultural ideas of the time. Let him wear what he wants, and reinforce what he should do if anyone teases him about it.

Personally I'd try to steer my son away from pink.

Go for the pink 🩷

Yeah, my 7 yr old has a fair bit of fluoro pink as do his mates - never been an issue.

DH and DS both wear pink, DS has done so since he was very small.

My adult son (married with two kids) looks fabulous in pink and wears it a lot.

Let him have the colours he wants. We need to get away from the stereotypical associations of sex / gender and colour.

My nephew loves pink - it's his favourite colour to wear (the brighter the better) and really suits him. He's never had any grief for it.

Bright pink is a great colour, I've seen a lot of teen and tween lads wearing it, I don't think it's actually considered that "girly" these days.

The more boys that wear pink the less a girl colour it becomes.

I remember lads wearing pink polo shirts at primary school in the 1980s (uniform not compulsory).

Also my DF, born in 1937, used to wear pink shirts to work frequently, in the very masculine steel industry.

My 7 year old loves pink, too. I've just bought him these

direct.asda.com/george/kids/shorts/plain-neon-shorts-5-pack/GEM1022047,default,pd.html?cgid=D25M1G1C17&shareProduct=true

He's so excited about the pink ones!

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Thanks, everyone :)
I think it's just as a mother, you want to protect your child from mean comments, but also want to let them express themselves as they choose. It can sometimes lead to some awkward decisions to make!
Still, I'll let him get on with it, I think. The clothes look good.

@Dacadactyl why?

My son went through a massive pink and sparkly stage for about 3 years- everything was ‘girls’ colours with glitter etc. He never had anyone say anything negative- a lot of being mistaken for a girl (he started introducing himself as ‘hi, I’m X and I’m a boy), but he doesn’t mind that.

He is 11 now and the only pink he bothers with is his hair…. Which he wears bum length!

He is happily and confidently himself.

Pinks a lovely colour - especially in the summer with a light tan

Boys and men look great in pink, buy him what he wants. You wouldn’t tell a daughter she couldn’t wear blue!