11 Year Old Boy Attempts Suicide Over My Little Pony Teasing

[Devil]

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/parents-...er-tv-cartoon/

http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?se...cal&id=9418200


So, here's the short version of the story.....

According to the parents, this 11 year old boy hung himself because he was bullied at school for being a fan of the My Little Pony cartoon. He's now hospitalized and may never recover.

Let me start by saying I have a son this age and I think it's terrible that this happened. But I find the reactions of many people online to be completely out of touch with reality. Blame the schools....blame the bullies.....blame society.......blah, blah, blah.

Bull fucking shit. This boy is hospitalized right now because his parents failed him. They deserve the blame. It's their fault this happened.

In case you're not familiar with the My Little Pony weirdness - it's a girl's cartoon from the 80s that was revived a few years ago and oddly now has a huge following of loser grown ass men known as Bronies. For real. You can't even make this shit up.

These fuckwads are complete wastes of oxygen. They're an embarrassment to the male sex. They're an embarrassment to their poor children. They're worthless. If you are a 30 year old man that has a passion for cartoons about pink ponies, rainbows, magical friendships and other such bullshit, you're fucked up. That's all there is to it. You deserve to be laughed at and ridiculed mercilessly by your fellow humans.

If you watch the video, it's pretty clear that this boy's parents (who are weird as fuck, by the way) obviously condoned and even encouraged this ridiculous behavior with their son. Even now, with their son in the hospital they're preaching the virtues of this dumbass cartoon. They apparently haven't even stopped to consider that maybe they could have done something to avoid this situation.

People need to wake the fuck up. If you have some oddball fetish yourself, whatever. But if you encourage that behavior in your kids you're setting them up to be culled from the herd. Kids don't give a fuck about your sense of right and wrong. They smell weakness and they attack it. Ponder this all you want, but you're never going to change it. If you're willing to gamble your kid's welfare on your silly idealism, then you're to blame when the kid gets trampled.

If you're going to purposely raise a kid that you know is going to get tons of negative attention for their behavior, then you better make damn sure he's tough enough to take the heat. Good luck just sitting there with a defiant attitude because people should be more accepting.

This kid's parents, especially his Dad could have easily steered him in a direction that wouldn't have made him the laughing stock of his school. Actually, the guy in the interview is his stepfather. Maybe he didn't give a shit about the kid enough to prioritize the kid's welfare and emotional health above his own love of pink cartoon ponies.

tl;dr - Kid hangs himself for having shit parents.

[It is Fake]

Don't get me started.

[Devil]

Don't get me started.

I'm always interested to hear what you have to say. Friendship is magic!

[CapnMunchh]

[People need to wake the fuck up. If you have some oddball fetish yourself, whatever. But if you encourage that behavior in your kids you're setting them up to be culled from the herd. . . . If you're willing to gamble your kid's welfare on your silly idealism, then you're to blame when the kid gets trampled.

The webpage cites a study of Bronies in which they tested as more introverted than normal. That's pretty obvious here. The parents are too involved in their lifestyle and personal philosophies to figure out what's in their kids' best interests and act on their behalf.

Having kids means either you provide a homelife that doesn't conflict too much with society's standards, or you at least teach them when its best to respect the family's privacy and keep their mouths shut.

Edit: this story somehow reminds me of one in an earlier thread about some people who decided their cat was going to be a vegetarian, and almost killed it.

[Vieux Normand]

It's me and the pygmy pony behind the dental-floss bush.

--Frank Zappa

[AKRhino]

I gotta disagree. As a parent, it's in my interest to monitor and approve whatever media my daughter is viewing. That said, as long as it's harmless, she can watch whatever show she wants. I'm not going to try to limit her from enjoying something because it might not be cool. When I was a kid I was teased for watching Star Trek. I played the Star Wars RPG. I was huge nerd basically. Was it my parents fault for not teaching me how lame my interests were (are)? That seems like a huge amount of bullshit to me.

I'm not saying parents here are blameless. But to say that there allowing him to watch MLP caused this, seems ridiculous. You want to say that they should have had a more proactive role in teaching their child how to deal with adversity, how to deal with being teased and/or bullied, I'm right there with you. You want to say how dare they allow their child to gain interest in something that I think is weird, than, as long as it's harmless, we're not on the same page.

Anyway, that's my opinion as someone who is most definitely not a MLP fan, or bronie, or whatever.

[goodlun]

Being a Male in my mid 30s that enjoys cartoons and who has seen a shit ton of My Little Ponies Friendship is magic.

I don't get how anyone can be a bronnie.

Don't get me wrong the show isn't horrible, hell sometimes I even find myself sort of watching it when my daughter has it on. I couldn't however imagine going to netflix and turning it on for myself.

Ok on to the real topic.
For fuck sake how does this shit happen? As a parent how do you not keep watch?
This goes back to the other thread, this is where you teach your kid, either to stop doing shit that gets the teased, or to pop a mother fucker in the face.
Cool you like my little ponie fine stop fucking talking about it at school if its going to get you so teased that it actually bothers you.
I can only assume these fuck twit parents bought the kid MLP T-shirts and Back Packs and all that shit as well.
Sorry but I am pretty damn sure if I had a son I wouldn't buy him MLP merchandise.

[AKRhino]

Being a Male in my mid 30s that enjoys cartoons and who has seen a shit ton of My Little Ponies Friendship is magic.

I don't get how anyone can be a bronnie.

Don't get me wrong the show isn't horrible, hell sometimes I even find myself sort of watching it when my daughter has it on. I couldn't however imagine going to netflix and turning it on for myself.

Ok on to the real topic.
For fuck sake how does this shit happen? As a parent how do you not keep watch?
This goes back to the other thread, this is where you teach your kid, either to stop doing shit that gets the teased, or to pop a mother fucker in the face.
Cool you like my little ponie fine stop fucking talking about it at school if its going to get you so teased that it actually bothers you.
I can only assume these fuck twit parents bought the kid MLP T-shirts and Back Packs and all that shit as well.
Sorry but I am pretty damn sure if I had a son I wouldn't buy him MLP merchandise.

I would put MLP patches all over his judo gi if that's what he wanted.

[Permalost]

The article said he was the kid who danced everywhere instead of walking, so I'd hazard a guess that the My Little Pony was only one element of why he was teased.

[wisdom_heart]

I don't believe anyone should be ridiculed for taking enjoyment out of the little things in life. Given that he attempted to kill himself shows an obvious lack of emotional stability and conditioning. May simply just be a case of natural selection

[Devil]

I would put MLP patches all over his judo gi if that's what he wanted.

Awesome. And while he was getting tormented, picked on mercilessly and feeling like shit about himself because he's a laughing stock and an outcast, you could be super proud of yourself for sticking to your guns and letting your kid express himself freely, 'cause by-golly that's how it should be! Enjoy your experiment.

As to your first post, goodlun pretty much summed up exactly what I would've said, so I'll leave it at that.

And before you bother saying, "Well, I'd just have him kick all the bullies' asses" I'm going to go ahead and call bullshit. He might be the baddest motherfucker in the school, but the first time a gaggle of girls points and laughs at him, he's going to be crushed. We both know it's the fucking truth.

[AKRhino]

Awesome. And while he was getting tormented, picked on mercilessly and feeling like shit about himself because he's a laughing stock and an outcast, you could be super proud of yourself for sticking to your guns and letting your kid express himself freely, 'cause by-golly that's how it should be! Enjoy your experiment.

As to your first post, goodlun pretty much summed up exactly what I would've said, so I'll leave it at that.

And before you bother saying, "Well, I'd just have him kick all the bullies' asses" I'm going to go ahead and call bullshit. He might be the baddest motherfucker in the school, but the first time a gaggle of girls points and laughs at him, he's going to be crushed. We both know it's the fucking truth.

LMAO @ teaching my kid to kick all their asses. That's definitely what I would not do. All I'm saying is, I sure am seriously glad my parents didn't reinforce the negativity I was getting at school at home. That would've been even shittier. So I definitely won't do that with my kid either. What I would do is try to help my child deal with the negativity as best I could. What I wouldn't do is say well, those bullies are right, your interests are totally lame, and you should be ridiculed for them.

Secondly, if you want to put some blame on some parents, how about the parents of the "bullies?" I think it's important to teach my child that it's ok for other people to have different interests or beliefs, and that different interests and/or beliefs are not cause for ridicule.

Anyway, I'll just be over here continuing my experimental child rearing techniques hoping for the best and what not.

[It is Fake]

Did you really compare Star Wars geekdom to being an 11 year old BRONY watching a girls show? I was following your point right up to that bullshit.

I agree, if my boys, lol at your example using a girl, wanted to watch MLP they can go right ahead. First thing they'd learn, from their father's own shit talk, would be about ridicule, bullying and keeping the hobby secret. from the "bullies."

Before you try and reinforce this point,

I'm not going to try to limit her from enjoying something because it might not be cool.

, who said limit? There's a difference between enjoying your private business and putting it out in the street.

[Devil]

Here's how being a father works: Dad, can I have this super cute My Little Pony tank top?

Ummmm, I think we're going to go with this baller as hell Russell Wilson jersey. Mmmkayy?

Very simple. Parents are supposed to do this shit. If it weren't for my Mom there would be pictures of me on Facebook from junior high wearing pants like the singer from Def Leppard.

[Demon Eyes]

Looks like I'm going to be part of the minority here, but the boy is free to watch the show. I myself am not a Bronie, but who gives a flying fuck if the show is geared towards girls? If you enjoy the show then go ahead and watch it.

As for the case of the boy, it was foolish of him to talk about it in front of other kids because they will grasp on whatever they can in order to bully and belittle him. That's a fact. At which point you tell the child simply, "You can watch the show just don't let them know. They'll talk circles around ya." If they do find out, you try to teach the kid to talk smack back, confidence, etc. The thing every parent should really be teaching their children. Because, again, part of growing up and being a kid.

Damn shame it came to this.