Nail polish for year 7 for charity day

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Kids have been asked to wear something purple for mental health charity day tomorrow. Son, yr 7 asked me to paint his nails purple. DH came home and is worried he’ll be bullied for - now worried as he’s a sensitive, creative kid. AIBU to be worried or should I trust son’s instincts and let him go for it? I asked him if he thought anyone would give him grief and he said if they did they would just be jealous. WWYD?

Is nail polish allowed? It wasn't at my school even on non uniform days

Yes they’re not massively strict, they have to wear their uniform but can add something purple.

I think it sounds like a good idea, if I'm honest. Maybe I'm being naive, but I can't think he would be bullied for that on a charity day.

If he is bullied for wearing purple nail polish at a charity day for mental health awareness, then fundamentally the school have failed. Surely the point of an event like this is to reduce stigma and bullying because of 'differences'?

He would have been beaten up at my school but I grew up in a very rough area!

Good point Spinnaret! Just don’t want him to make a mistake in year 7 that’ll stick for the next 5 years.

Tell him it's been done to death and really not that unusual nowadays.

I'd try to talk him out of thinking they're just jealous though. If he said that he probably would be laughed at.

It's a bit late but you could've got him a purple hairspray too with more notice.

Go for it. He wants to do it, he's made a risk assessment, he knows his peer group. Times have changed since your DH was a kid especially re boys and make up.

He seems to have decided he doesn’t care either way. Let him do it.

Thanks all, will have a word about the jealousy notion.