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NBR Discussion: boy's MLP backpack banned

RondackHikerRondackHiker member
in February 2014 Moms
https://m.nydailynews.com/1.1726433

Summary: A 9YO boy is told not to bring his my little pony backpack to school because it's a "trigger for bullying".

What does F14 say? Should he be allowed to bring the backpack?


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Re: NBR Discussion: boy's MLP backpack banned

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  • djtippietoesdjtippietoes member
    He should be able to bring the backpack.  Banning things that are different does not solve anything.  It's the bullies that are the problem, not what they're bullying.

    BTW, Has anyone seen the Bronies documentary?  I have it in my Netflix queue.
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  • RondackHikerRondackHiker member
    RosiePeare said:


    RondackHiker said:

    Come on. I'm cranky.

    Someone break out the "well bullies shouldn't tease but what does he/do his parents expect when he has a girly backpack?" opinion.


    I won't go that far, but I will say that Bronies are very, very weird to me. DH works with a woman whose 20-something son lives in her basement, doesn't work, and is a Brony "full time." Mom even sews all his costumes for conventions (in addition to paying all his bills). And then she spends the entire work day complaining to DH about her kids and their lack of motivation.

    And, yes, when I see a grown man in a Brony t-shirt in a public place, DH and I laugh and make snide comments about it later. Not to him--not active bullying, mind you--but very much to each other.




    But this is a child.


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  • Firefly9Firefly9 member
    Poor kid. I agree that the bullies are the ones who should be punished, not the kid.  We can't live in fear of what MIGHT happen.

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  • magentawarpedmagentawarped member
    That kid should be allowed to rock a Barbie Princess backpack if he wants. More power to him. Punish the jerks that bully him.
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  • Soap1Soap1 member
    edited March 2014
    I struggle with this stuff!  We try to be pretty gender neutral in the house.  The boys are mostly drawn to trucks and Transformers, but they also like MLP and Strawberry Shortcake in small doses.

    DS2 wanted a pink backpack with kitties on it last year.  It was a major dilemma for me!  I want to encourage non-traditional gender roles, but I don't want him to get teased or bullied either.  He's also asked sometimes to wear my makeup or paint his nails.  I let him do blue toenail polish but that's as far as I allowed!

    I know that on principle, the bullies should be punished, not the kid with the backpack.  But I don't want MY kid to be the one getting bullied so that the bullies learn their lesson, you know?

    BUT, that's my decision as a parent.  Not a school administrator's decision.  If the parent and child have come to this decision, then let him bring the backpack!

    ETA: And btw, it was the kitties DS2 wanted, not the pink.  Why can't there be a black backpack with kitties??
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  • MoxyByProxyMoxyByProxy member
    edited March 2014
    Sort of unrelated but Did anyone follow the happy birthday colin thing? The kid sat in the office to eat lunch to avoid being bullied.

    Schools CLAIM to be zero tolerance but really.. ugg idk.. they arnt. Some kid called my asp son a fag after spotting his beanie teddy bear in his backpack at the start of the year and wasnt punished bc he said she said. My son who is 12 didn't even know what that meant and we had to explain.. awkward.

    While i understand the want to protect the kid from being bullied it's not teaching the kids to NOT bully or even that diversified interests are OKAY.

    Let the kid have his damn MLB backpack ffs.
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  • cksmith29cksmith29 member
    Jeez let him have the backpack. Not allowing triggers is not going to take care of the bullying problem. That's a completely ass-backward approach to handling a problem. Let's punish the innocent instead of the guilty.
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