What’s wrong with being Ginger Mummy…

December 6, 2011 By Cassandra
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As I’m sure regular readers will know, my children have beautiful ginger hair (or at least I think it’s beautiful).

I love their hair colour and until yesterday they’d never experienced anything other than positive comments about their hair colour but last night when I took them shopping a little boy pointed at us and said ‘Look at that ginger family Dad’ and laughed. He didn’t say it in a mean way that was particularly upsetting or anything, it’s just that it’s made them question why he pointed out that we were ginger. After all, we didn’t feel the need to point at his family and say ‘Look at that brown haired family’.

I’ve told them that their hair colour is beautiful and that people pay to get their hair dyed the same colour as them and they seemed to have forgotten all about it this morning when they got up but that’s not really the point. I shouldn’t have to be having this conversation with them at all.

It’s not OK to single someone out by their skin colour, size, nationality or even their age but it’s apparently fine to do so because of their hair colour – How is that acceptable?

Anyway, rant over. I’ll leave you with my favourite ginger picture….

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TheMadHouse 92p · 697 weeks ago

This makes me so angry. Your children have beautiful red hair. My niece is ginger as you know and she has beautiful hair too. I despair in this day and age that people feel the need to discriminate on any ground at all.

It is a non -issue

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Cass@frugalfamily · 696 weeks ago

It is ridiculous isn't it, why does it matter to some people!

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@Mercian_Phoenix · 697 weeks ago

Ginger hair IS beautiful! My Mother was devastated when I was born with white blonde hair instead of her fathers Auburn locks,she so wanted my brother and I to have hair like that. My step-Granddaughter has gorgeous Ginger hair. Your kids are beautiful x

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Cass@frugalfamily · 696 weeks ago

Aw thanks very much, I love that they have that colour hair x

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Ali · 697 weeks ago

They have beautiful hair :-) I have redish hair, my son is Auburn and my daughter who has blonde,brown and red stripes in easily 10 different shades gets called Ginger!!! Like you say people pay a fortune to have such a fab colour. I can say I have yet to ever dye my hair or need to.

Ginger comments do come and go now and when I was younger too, but actually anyone who is going to comment like that would comment on something else if it wasn't ginger. Sadly one of those things.

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Cass@frugalfamily · 696 weeks ago

I think you're right - that sort of person would always find something to comment on wouldn't they?

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joannadunlop17 29p · 697 weeks ago

Aw they are gorgeous. G Man has got ginger hair, I'm actually surprised that Buddy is so dark! BTW his name is Graeme it's not Ginger Man, just in case you thought I too was being cruel. However, this is what I would show my little ones if they had ginger and needed reassurance. http://www.news.com.au/top-stories/gingers-extinc...

I hope that they get through it, it's a rite of passage, kids can be rather cruel and they pick up on anything - mine was my surname, Heron and I was labelled Fishy. A little unfortunate for a pubescent girl, but hey ho, I got through it !!

Hope they are ok?

Jo

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Cass@frugalfamily · 696 weeks ago

As if we're almost extinct lol

Kids can be cruel but I think my two are strong enough to ignore it. That is an awful name for a teenage girl - appropriate considering where you work now though ;-)

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Scarlet · 697 weeks ago

Not sure why my comment has been deleted. I didn't say anything controversial.

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Cass@frugalfamily · 696 weeks ago

Hi Scarlet

I didn't delete anything and I can't find you in my Spam anywhere - sorry about that but I don't know where you went ;-)

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BNM · 697 weeks ago

I'm jealous of the hair your children have. I'm a ginger and am proud of it though a bit disappointed that my kids haven't picked the gene up!
BNM

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Cass@frugalfamily · 696 weeks ago

I love it too and I suppose their hair colour was inevitable and my husband is ginger too x

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MotherWifeMe · 695 weeks ago

As a fellow redhead, I have to agree with BNM, I am more than a little miffed that my daughter doesn't have the ginger gene. Good point well made on singling out us gingers btw, I didn't get too much of a hard-time at school, because I am not the brightest of gingers - hair colour wise that is - but I have noticed in recent years that we seem to be the last bastion for bigoted jokers, not funny!

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Cass@frugalfamily · 694 weeks ago

lol I did laugh at you not being the brightest ginger ;-)