I would agree your conscience has kicked in overtime.

You really are not responsible for all the worlds' troubles you know. The world is never going to be perfect no matter how hard your or I or all of us here personally try. It's enough we all do a little bit. Even then, the gluttons of the world will still be gluttons, don't make it your personal guilt complex.

Just get him the bike he wants.

Red paints usually have high lead levels even if they say they don't, I would get a different color. Bright yellow or blue are cool. Anything except red.

We really like bikes here. I would never buy a cheap bike, even for a kid, they are clunky and dangerous, break easily, and if they get left outside too much the chains start to rust and stuff. If you spend a little extra for quality you'll be happy you did within 2-3 years. The Fuji bikes are reasonably priced and still are light and balanced real well and last virtually forever, from my experience anyway. Schwinn has really gone downhill the past several years since they moved all their operations to china. You probably have different options over there, but buy a good bike that'll withstand rough and tumble and being tossed in the dirt and mud and then you will actually have a bike to give to someone else in 5 years when he wants a big kid bike. Don't buy a bike from a retailer like Walmart or some other superstore, they are the worst.