to think that ginger hair

[Vallhala]

is the most beautiful colour and those with it shouldn't be bullied or taken the micky out of but praised instead?

My twelve year old daughter has been bullied at school for the colour of her hair, so much so that she wants to dye it. This is breaking my heart as her hair colour is absolutely gorgeous, a golden red, and she should be proud of it. She's so upset by the bullying and she feels alone and "different".

So, come on all you redheads and Mums of redheaded children - don't you think that red hair is simply stunning? I want to show her that you might get unkind comments as a child by the ignorant people (she's been called a "ginger C" amongst other things) but when you grow up you realise how much good attention ginger hair gets you and how pretty it is.

to the woman in Boots.

Red hair is stunning. I don't have it myself, but as a child my hair was a lovely auburn colour - not the blah brown it is now. Have sorted that with reddy highlights -please tell her how people pay to have what she has.

Now, Rita Heyworth was a red head - didn't stop most of the men on the planet drooling over her, did it?

I love ginger hair, my dh is ginger, dd2 isn't ginger but maybe she'll have ginger dc's. Both dh's sisters are ginger too and it's lovely!

Also I think they are all quite witty and I think it's because they had to learn to be from a young age, which isn't fair but has made them into very funny people.

I don't particularly like or dislike ginger hair but am glad to see that nobody has described their dc's hair as strawberry blonde. WTF is that? Just pale ginger. My own dd has blondish hair that is gradually darkening to a dull, boring mousy brown. Her bf in Bangkok had hair like copper, very pretty colour but her mum called it strawberry blonde. My dd found that very odd as did I.

It is hard but it will pass.

Since I have been about 15 I have been really proud of my hair and have had nothing but positive comments. (I was teased a bit when I served in military but everyone gets teased about something....its compulsory!)

My dd (3.4) has the same auburn hair as me, and we have had so many people telling us how beautiful it is - including total strangers stopping us in the street. She will probably be teased at school (duracell etc ) but I really hope she can rise above it, as it marks you out in a good way and is something to flaunt! I have also had plenty of male attention of the years (so modest...!) because of it.

Ginger hair is gorgeous and stunning! Ok, I had my fair share of teasing and bullying even when I was young, but now I'm older I tend to dye my hair even redder. In fact I'm really sad that over the years my natural colour has got more brown and boring. Tell her she'll love the redhead stereotype as she gets older, she'll love being fiery and feisty just for the hell of it. Stuff blondes, REDHEADS have more fun!

I'm a pale, golden ginger - often described as strawberry blonde. But I'm a proud redhead - even more so since looking into it for an article I once wrote and discovering that we are actually a dying breed.
Red hair is caused by a mutant gene(possible cause for teasing, I know) and both parents have to carry that gene for a red-headed child to be created, so the odds are far greater than for any other hair colour! We are a rarity - and I love it.

I'm expecting know, and do actually hope the irish genes in my husband also include some mutant ginger genes, so my child can get as many lovely comments as I do about hair colour. But I really hope DC does not inherit my frizz!

And yes, I was teased in school, for both the curls and the colour, but I got over it, and by uni I was using henna to make myself even more ginger! (looked hideous - stick to natural colour these days!)

And my mum went through a stage of dying her hair almost exactly my colour. Used to really wind me up when people saw us together and said "oh I see you got your mum's hair colour" arrhhhhh - she's mousy! (prob grey now TBH, but you can't tell for the dye)

Ugh - it's tough. I had a rough time at school with the name calling for being ginger. Let me cast my mind back: fire fanny, ginger (with a hard g), carrot top, duracell etc.

It is hard but having a very positive attitude about your hair colour (very much the parents responsibility) will go some way towards helping. Now that I'm in my mid-thirties, I'm bonkers about my own hair colour (sounds conceited, I know!), but I really like it and get nothing but compliments.

It will hurt her but her skin will thicken and she'll have a great stock of one-liner comebacks!

Bitoffun is sort of strawberry blonde and an absolute stunner

And so is her DD

I have red hair and was never bullied for it BUT I was bullied for being overweight!. I actually really like my hair and my husband has always said that the very first thing he noticed about me was my hair

My dd has beautiful ginger hair too!!!! I love it love it love it !!!!

When she was a baby people said "Don't worry about her hair colour... babies hair is always changing."

My answer was "Actually I am really hoping it won't change!"

She is three and still very ginger. She loves her hair at the moment so much so that her favourite colour is orange "Alike maaaayah haaaayyyaaaar!"

MissVallhala - Ignore the critics you will realise one day they are basically twats or simply not thinking! Instead flaunt your locks! I live in Paris and have noticed at this time of year (because of your hair looking completely fab with Autumn clothes) nearly every model on the billboards have gorg. ginger hair - I am very very of your chic hair!

YANBU.

Both my DS, 14, and DD, 12, have red hair and, even if I say so myself, their hair colour is beautiful - they get compliments all the time (from adults obviously) and I'm really proud of how they stand out in a crowd.

My DD is at the stage where she would like to dye her hair but I'm hoping she'll come to her senses soon when she realises how unique she is. Doesn't seem to bother my DS at all.

So yes, I agree OP, red hair is simply stunning!

My husband has red hair and I really hope our daughter is born with red hair because I think it is so beautiful.

I saw the most beautiful child I have ever seen about 3 months ago in Wagamama, Tunbridge Wells. She was about 10 years old and had waist length, dark auburn hair which was ringleted at the bottom. She would not have looked nearly as striking with blonde or brown hair

Both my husband and I are redheads, and out DC are redish. It is tough when at school, I remember the comments, but now I am really upset that mine is turning white early and that people think I have blonde hair! I want my red hair back again. You will love it when you are older, and so many people are jealous because they wish their hair was so striking. I am sure your daughter is beautiful with her hair colour, and sometimes dying it won't go with your skin tone.

I have dark auburn hair. Was very ginger when I was younger. I did get teased a lot and got called ginger c* too at school!
Love my hair now, wish it was still as red as it used to be!
Hairdressers always comliment me on the colour and seem surprised its natural.
Both my DCs have white blond hair (like DH).. I wanted them to have ginger hair!

I think that sadly, it's just one of those things that you only see how lovely it is when you get older.

Children like an easy target and ginger hair stands out.

I have 2 gingers and I think it's beautiful. DS loves his "orange" hair now but I worry for when he gets older.

I think it depends on where you live and when

Mum(maiden name meaning Red Headed) had waist lengthr ed ringlets in the sixties,and it was never an issue: worn with lime dresses etc she remembers the time fondly LOL

And here, in wales where many a child in school has really red hair,nobody notices; my boys seem not at allaware.

Yet ds3's hair is sandy, red tinted IYKWIM and he did get comments in Somerset when we lived there

I've dyed my hair shades of red since my teens; I inheritd Mum's pale skin /freckles and Dad's muddy hair so my skin never suited my hair shade until then

I have red hair and it is a magnet for a certain type of admirer!As a child I was ridiculed but think I must have been v thick skinned as my mum says it never really upset me but it was relentless as if they couldn't think of anything else so went for the obvious.After the age of about 20 I started to go with it and stopped trying to colour it to dull it down.When I see little girls with red hair now I think they are so pretty but I never felt it!

My SILs DS2 had bright red hair at birth, I saw him and fell completely in love with him and shrieked 'oh I want a ginger baby!!'
I meant it as a compliment!! lol

His hair is going darker now and its almost brown apart from when he is in the sun and it makes me his red hair was so gorgeous!

Red hair is stunning. I was quite disappointed that neither of mine have it as dh and most of the males in his family do.

I've got four words for your daughter, Vallhala: Joan. From. Mad. Men.

My sister and I are both redheads; she's more coppery, like those pre-Raph heroines, and I'm darker auburn. It might not be much comfort for her now - you can't stop kids teasing each other - but tell her in the long run she'll come to love her hair. Other people will splash out a fortune trying to get her shade, and the time and SPFs she spends protecting her pale skin from the sun will keep her wrinkle-free when all her friends are moaning about Botox.

Tell her she's special, because she is!

Im ginger too and actually have just spent £40 at the hairdressers having a "even more ginger colour-emphasiser" (i think i just made up a word there) put on!

I DID though have blonde highlights put in last year but i let them grow out as everyone thought it spoilt my hair colour.

I love being a redhead and i cant remeber being teased about it at school, but then thats not to say it wasnt said behind my back.

If your daughter does dye it, then the bullies have won and will just find something else to bully her about. Ask her to tell them that she is proud of her colour, loves her colour and maybe let her have it cut in a different style which can really show it off.
The bullying wont stop because she dyes her hair brown or blonde - as she grows up, she will be proud of it.

All of my boyfriends, right from being at school, all said how much they loved me hair colour and my husband says now how sexy it is!

I completely adore Phoebe Thomas' hair colour too.