My boy keeps saying his brown face friend 😳

Maybe ask your son the child's name, and say its nicer to call our friends by their names

I wouldn't worry too much about him saying brown, my son has sometimes said things like, ' we have a new teacher, he's brown like so and so', and 'Frankie, who has orange hair' etc. I would just encourage him to use the boys name to refer to him.

I wouldn’t make a big deal maybe just say ‘what’s his name’? Maybe explain everyone is different colours as we’re all born in different countries etc! And we should try call him by his name and not call him brown faced, as he wouldn’t like to be called pale faced boy! Kids are so innocent that age they have no idea! Maybe see if the library or online have a book suitable explaining different races xx

My little boy is also going through this phase about the colour of peoples skin and I’ve spoken to him about it a few times I’m hoping people just understand he’s 5 and curious, they mean it so innocently x

It’s a great opportunity to start a conversation about how everyone looks different. Maybe suggest he start referring to them by their name xx

Aw there’s no maliciousness at all here, he’s simply just making an observation and finds it easier to distinguish this friend by his skin colour as it’s different! My daughter did it whilst we were shopping and I was so bloomin embarrassed😩 but she didn’t mean it nasty. I just told her we don’t need mention peoples skin colour. Just boy/girl (or their names!) x

I'd definitely open up a conversation about race from it and say his skin is darker because of this and yours is paler because of that. Don't ignore it or tell him he can't say it because it's something he's noticed. Ask him what other differences he sees in other children like hair and glasses etc. Maybe tell him it could be hurtful to his friend if he calls him that. It's black history month so maybe they've been learning in school, my son has. He's mixed race and didn't know what racism was until they learnt it this week

Yeah i wouldnt worry, my daughter did the same, its harmless & theyll learn over time, sit and explain everything gradually x

I wouldn't worry, maybe just find out his name and say "oh you mean ****?" Each time xoxo

My little boy used to refer to himself saying "my brown legs or my brown hands" when he started school. I guess thats when he started noticing the difference in race. And he'd also say ".....with the spots on his face" ( freckles) or "....with the blonde hair, or curly hair". They just get so descriptive at that age. I just made sure not to make a weird fuss about it as I see that he just likes to describe everything. He also says "...you know my uncle with the bold head"....lol.

My son did the exact same thing when he started reception we had just a little chat just that everyone is the same everybody looks different but everyone is the same we are all people with different faces and bodies and he hasn’t mentioned anything since xx