3-Year-Old Boy Called Ugly Because He Has Red Hair. His Reaction Is Heartbreaking

What is the first thing that comes to your mind when you think of a bully? For many of us, it is imagining somebody in their teenage years who is bullying other children at school. The fact of the matter is, however, bullying can take place at any time in life and sometimes, it may even come as a surprise when it does happen.

As parents, we want to ensure that our children are as happy and healthy as they can possibly be. We do our best to protect them from the problems that they may face in life but sometimes, life can be difficult, even for a very young child. When a parent sees that their child is upset over a situation they are facing in life, it can be one of the most distressing problems for them.

That is what happened to Lauren Russell, a mother of a 3-year-old boy. Although he was just a very young child, he had been bullied on a bus the previous day because he had red hair. This ended up hurting Lauren so much that she decided to write a post about it on Facebook. She wasn’t necessarily looking for retribution, she wanted to make sure that the message was spread so that other parents who may be facing similar situations would feel comforted. In addition, she wanted everyone to know that this type of bullying was unacceptable and it was time for it to stop.

The post that Lauren made has been shared multiple times and has since gone viral. You can read the entire post, including her heartbreaking and powerful words below.

“Today my heart broke in two.

Whilst travelling on a public bus number 12 I witnessed such cruel behaviour towards my 3 year old son from a very narrow minded boy who couldn’t be much older than 13. Unfortunately this hasn’t been the first time and I know it won’t be the last.

He’s been targeted by people of all ages.”

And what for? Because he has ginger hair. My beautiful boy was told social services should have taken him away because his hair colour is disgusting.

The boy then turned to his friend and said if he ever had a ginger child he would kill it.

Now my little boy is only 3 and was left very confused. I feel devastated as I too have ginger hair and [know] all too well what it’s like to grow up being singled out/ the target of such bullies.

He hasn’t stopped asking me why people don’t like his hair.

He asked me if I could change it for him so people will like it. He asked me if he could be like his brother who doesn’t have ginger hair.

I can feel my heart breaking every time he asks me.

My little boy looks so sad and I want to make it better. The reason I am trying to go public with this is because I know these cruel bullies are in the minority.

I want to show my little boy that there is more good in this world than bad.

There are kind and caring non judgmental people who won’t ever single him out. I ask you all to please share this and show my boy how beautiful he is.

I want to show him the good in this world with the power of Facebook.

It isn’t okay to bully somebody for their hair colour, not now. Not ever. Thank you.”

Every child is beautiful in their own way and no one should make them feel less than beautiful.

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