Ginger & worried about the future.

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Our gorgeous toddler Dd has red/ginger hair, she’s very pale, with blue eyes and barely there eyebrows and eyelashes.
We’re both dark haired, with tanned skin and blue eyes, our girl doesn’t really look like us yet. Where we are (not in the uk) ginger hair is seen as very unusual and special, but we plan to move back to the uk in the next few years. I have a red headed friend who was bullied for years. When I look at my sweet, innocent girl, I feel fearful for the way she might be treated in a few years.
Anyone else have a red headed child? Is her colouring likely to change at this stage (2.4 months old)
Her hair and colouring is stunning and special to us, but people can be arseholes in life and I feel sad if she’ll have to encounter that.

The only thing that is “ sad “ and I speak from experience, is she will never be able to spend time in the sun without worrying about burning within 10 minutes. If I could be reborn I would change my white insipid freckly skin to something more resilient.

Yes, it is true about keeping out of the sun. I've managed to burn in the shade and covered in factor 30 before!!

I have red hair and really pale skin, you get the occasional "ginger" call from a white man van or "show us your t**s" which could be unrelated! if anything its mostly people asking if I am feeling well, Interesting fact of having such pale skin is you actually see your veins in some areas such as your wrists

I’m a red head with blue eyes and freckles, was never bullied for it, the odd comment yes but nothing major. Things have defo changed, people are dying their hair ginger now, I love being a red head! My daughter wishes she was too. Also, child models who are red heads do very very well, it’s good to be different!

52 year old red head here. Very much teased as a kid but admired as an adult. Now it’s more brown than red and people are surprised that I identify as a ginge. ONE REALLY IMPORTANT THING: dress your child in colours which flatter her colouring. For the love of god avoid sickly baby pink and lemon and insipid colours. Go bold! My Mother got it very wrong many times and it was an unforgettably life-changing experience getting my colours properly done when I was in my 20s.

Our dd (24now) is a redhead by choice. This follows burgundy and green.

Personally, I think she looks stunning. She is often complimented on her hair -she naturally has the pale skin to go with it. No one has ever said anything negative about it. If they do, point out that red is the royal color. Henry VIII Elizabeth 1etc

My daughter 13 and son 5 (also missing his left hand) both ginger and nobody ever says anything.. ever.. surely bullying for being ginger is long in the past

I am a red head, grew up in the north, and my son has red hair too. There's only been one occasion I can recall being picked on as a child and that was down south. Recent years it has been people from cars shouting 'Bianca' at me as I'm walking down the street, that sort of thing.

When my son (12) was born I was worried he would get picked on. He's had no problems whatsoever. His best mate at school is also ginger and they play it up, it's funny.

Katie Hopkins has not helped by tweeting that ginger babies should be drowned at birth! But if anyone does say anything to your gorgeous daughter, you can be confident that they are thick as pig $hit!

I was an auburn haired child (now mostly brown) and was never teased. I’ve been a teacher and Head of Year for 20 years and can honestly say that I’ve never encountered bullying based on ginger hair colour.

My 10 yr old DS is utterly in love with a beautiful red-haired girl in his class - won’t admit it but we found poems he wrote about her, including her ‘flame coloured hair’. 😊

As a natural very dark haired brunette who when she started going grey dyed her hair red id say dont worry, my skin was always too fair for my dark hair and light eyes now my hair is red its perfect. I get lots of compliments on it,when a boring brunette i didnt.

Make sure your daughter embraces her hair colour,and make her feel its great.Im very petite was always smaller than others when a child,but because my lovely mum always told me yes i was tiny but i was in proportion,ive always been slim too,so i must never feel different to others i never had a complex about being tiny,even now i rarely notice it till i stand beside someone much taller,or cant reach a top shelf,i normally feel talllol.

I have a pale skinned, freckled all over, red head DS18, his colouring is auburn, and has never been bullied. You'll find a lot of British love red heads tbh!

I have always thought (and still do) that girls with red or copper coloured hair are rare and utterly beautiful. Before I married, (a brunette), I dated two girls - 'gingers' they were often called, somewhat cruelly, but their pale skin and glorious hair just made me fall in love with them. Sadly, neither agreed to marriage, but I envy the men who ultimately won their hearts. Don't worry about your DD she will be strong and will win-out in the end.

Kids don't really get picked on for stuff like that anymore.

I'm ginger and was never bullied for it. Try not to worry!

My DD12 has the most amazing, long blonde hair. She can't wait to dye it ginger!!!!!

I'm a natural redhead, I was never bullied at school because of it-odd name calling once in a while but no more than a friend who wore glasses etc, now I'm an adult I'm stopped almost daily by people commenting on my very curly, very bright hair....embrace it!!

Anything unusual or striking like that is really fashionable now days
Standing out is good now days

I really don’t think being ginger is an issue these days. I always think it looks gorgeous!

I am a natural ginger and in my 31 years of life I have never dyed my hair. It is so healthy and I get so many nice comments about it.

As a child I did get called names a bit...but my dark haired friend got called names for having curls and people were called names for glasses/braces/weight.

Kids are mean, thats life. Just make sure you positively reinforce how gorgeous your kid's hair is.

I noticed that their seemed to be a lot of red haired children being born this decade, so will blend in more. I worked with children and did see a little teasing. Dont think it's as bad as when I was a child. It's a lot more fashionable now. Children are mean and will always find something to have a go at. I dated a red head, hehe fond memories, he did battle reenactments as a viking. Anyho I digress, sorry what was I saying

Katie Hopkins has not helped by tweeting that ginger babies should be drowned at birth!

She tweeted what??!!?

I know nothing should surprise about that woman but what an absolutely vile thing to say!

As a child I got teased because I had very curly frizzy hair and huge eyes, as an adult my most striking features were, my tamed curls and huge eyes.

Vile people say vile things

I was teased for my red hair but never bullied in the true sense of the word.

Red hair is much more fashionable than it was ever since scientists started telling everyone what an amazingly special genetic anomaly it is and asking "could it be alien DNA?".

I wouldn't worry. Just teach your DC how amazing they are, build confidence and they'll be fine.

DS is ginger AF. Reeeally ginger. No negative comments any time from anyone so far. He's 6, and immensely happy with his hair colour. Times have definitely moved on!