To think an English child won't be bullied in a Scottish school

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I am Scottish but living in England and DS was born in England, and so has an English accent. I would like to return to live in Scotland but my DH is now saying that he is concerned that our DS will be bullied in school for being English. We would be moving to Edinburgh, and DS is only 6, and I think it is very unlikely that he would be picked on for being English. In my experience, there are a lot of English people in Edinburgh, and there are no problems in respect of this.
I suspect my DH's attitude is linked to his own reluctance to move to Scotland but would be interested in seeing if people agree with me with regard to the risk of bullying.

Thanks Twittwooo - I've been a bit down about it tbh

but of course,as you say, lots of people are lovely and couldn't care where you are from...

I moved to Scotland as an English kid aged 10. Yep I was bullied for it, but what's more, it was as other posters have hinted seen as ok and 'banter' that I ought to put up with - in other words it was bullying reinforced and carried on by adults - teachers, parents of my peers and so on. A lot of our history and English lessons were based around what a bunch of shits the English are, which was fairly uncomfortable. There was graffiti on local roads 'English get out' and we were referred to as 'white settlers'.

It was still a lovely place to grow up though!

I'm not saying, sadly, that this kind of bullying doesn't happen and it's awful to read about what some have endured but just in case anyone is interested, I'm sharing this link. The Indyref has been mentioned at least a few times in this thread so hopefully this is a positive alternative to what some of you may perceive it to be about. scotland.jeremyhawkins.com/2014/09/23/9-images-revealing-the-truth-about-scottish-nationalism/

YABU..any more than a non british person would be (american, black, chinese etc.) And the scots have just voted to say theyre happy being the SAME country as england, whoppingly so in edinburgh.

mummy, not being snippy, but you can be black and British.

I know what you mean snapes but even black brittish can attract racist comments. Personally I like kids mixing with all walks of life in peace and harmony.

Oh yes, I know that some poor kids have to deal with racist comments. I was merely pointing out that black people weren't necessarily non-British. :)

I'm delighted to see so many people saying it shouldn't be a problem. I was called names at primary school (in Edinburgh) after admitting that one of my parents is English. And I had the same accent as everyone else. My dad still gets occasional barbed comments about his west of England accent, despite having lived there over 40 years!

It would be great to think that things have moved on. But if a school has issues with bullying, it is a possible "reason" to be bullied IMO.

No more then the next person

I was an English person in a Scottish school and it was actually quite nice. I was taken under the wing of a crowd of nice kids (being a newbie) and they occasionally had to straight talk a silly boy. But we all knew he was a silly boy. I think it's more to do with personality then accent. If he gets on with people generally, he will be fine

Thanks for all the responses, really helpful. I seriously doubt it will be a problem but useful to hear other people's experiences.