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You do realize you are comparing innocent children to adults right? And not all adults are creepy, freaky about it. Some people are, some aren't. Way to put everyone into the same box though
Sonic_Spork isn't comparing innocent children to adult. She's sharing how creepy adults use these subcultures to target innocent children. She didn't say they were all creepy. It just sends up red flags, and it should. Healthy adults don't purposely socialize with strangers' children. Parents should be aware of this so they can set healthy boundaries on how much involvement they permit with the subculture aspect, especially when online considering the sick porn that readily pops up in searches about Bronies. Eleven years old is way too young to get those images in their minds.
What I meant is the whole assumption that someone uses the term "Brony" means they are getting it off bad places off the net and by doing so have seen a slew of inappropriate images. A lot of kids just simply have heard the term or simply figured out the common term used for boys who like My Little Pony by simplicity of combining "boys" with "pony" or "bros" with "pony"
Just taking huge leaps with a post about an 11yr old liking My Little Pony to suddenly being post after post about all the "bad evil things" of boys who like MLP
Your SN is well earned I imagine. By your logic, no one should ever question the dominant culture. That would make the resistors against the Nazis "evil" as they were doing something against their dominant culture.
On the contrary, I applaud the questioning of the dominant culture. Not all variations from the norm are an improvement however, and this variation in particular gets extremely creepy extremely quickly.
Your SN is well earned I imagine. By your logic, no one should ever question the dominant culture. That would make the resistors against the Nazis "evil" as they were doing something against their dominant culture.
A NAZI reference? Seriously?
I had heard the term "brony" but never knew what is was, gave it absolutely no thought.
Thank GOD my son (now 19) would have eaten week old roadkill before adopting that stuff.
Neither my wife nor I would have tolerated that anyway.
What I meant is the whole assumption that someone uses the term "Brony" means they are getting it off bad places off the net and by doing so have seen a slew of inappropriate images. A lot of kids just simply have heard the term or simply figured out the common term used for boys who like My Little Pony by simplicity of combining "boys" with "pony" or "bros" with "pony"
Just taking huge leaps with a post about an 11yr old liking My Little Pony to suddenly being post after post about all the "bad evil things" of boys who like MLP
The OP said she thinks he learned about Brony via the internet!!!! (See quote below.) We're warning her that he shouldn't be unsupervised on the internet searching about Brony because he will EVENTUALLY find the inappropriate stuff. I stumbled upon it within mere minutes, and I wasn't even looking for anything inappropriate. That means he could too.
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He does look up my little pony online and I think he found [Brony] that way.
Wow, so much sexism on this thread . . . .and fear-mongering of subcultures.
There will always be insulting memes of groups that are "different" and people in real life waiting to insult them. My advice: If your child is looking for your advice on who to "out himself" to, i would tell him to tell those who are also interested in Brony culture but not to force it on others. Warn him that he may be bullied and ask him if he thinks its worth it for standing up for who he is. You might have to have this talk a few times if he actually DOES get bullied.
For those who bash MLP because they are "girls toys," you need to look beyond this. (You actually should not care either way but such is our culture. . .) Boys have always loved, fantasy, Dungeons and Dragons (D&D), role playing games (RPG) and costume play (cos play.) Many people grow out of this but many do not. Consider that the top demographic for RPG video games for the PC (World of Warcraft, Empire Earth, etc) is males over 30.
MLP has a very fantastical edge that both boys and girls enjoy (and many men and women.) Horses are central to many "male themes" such as westerns, war, etc. Some of these horses just happen to be "kid sized" and some fly. HOW COOL IS THAT??!!!?
I think you are lucky to have such an open-minded kid who has not (yet) conformed. Although i don't think there have been studies done, most everyone i've known and currently know who were into these types of games as kids and/or adults, now works in the entertainment world- designing video games, editing TV, designing robotic monsters and characters for TV, etc. All of them were intelligent, self-aware and most graduated college with majors in television, studio art, English and/or history.
I think he will be fine if he "comes out" as a brony to his real friends as long as he has a supportive and non-judgmental parent which it seems that you are.
PS- "Inappropriate" material is ALL OVER THE INTERNET. Unfortunately, not just regarding "bronies."
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I would not allow it, and will not allow it when my boys get older. Boys who follow these types of cultural trends tend to end up as outcasts. You will not get grandchildren from these types of kids. The brony phenomena also evolves in to some pretty sickening and perverted stuff as the bronies get older. Google the word "clopping" if you want to know what I'm talking about. I understand your son's interest is probably perfectly innocent but the innocent and sinister sides of this culture tend to intermingle, especially online. Even the youngsters end up getting exposed to some very disturbing people.
I definitely agree with some of the cautionary statements PP's have raised about this 'subculture' (for lack of a better word) of adult males that is into MLP. Sorry, but it's just plain weird and an absolute red flag as far as I am concerned.
However, it is disappointing to read so many statements that are along the lines of this current interest of OP's son in MLP not being tolerated because it is "girly".
I wonder if the OP had mentioned that they had a daughter that dressed a lot like a boy and was really, really into sports and boys toys what the response would be.......I think there is definitely a double standard between boys and girls here. Girls into boys stuff is generally considered still OK at this age, but boys showing any interest in girls stuff, well, it's different story.
OP, now is a good time to teach your son how to be discreet. Role play might be just the thing. Son- "Hey Jayden you ever seen my little pony? Yeah, what did you think of it?" Get him to be able to read responses and determine how to handle the conversation based on the response.
I like this.
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) Boys have always loved, fantasy, Dungeons and Dragons (D&D), role playing games (RPG) and costume play (cos play.) Many people grow out of this but many do not. Consider that the top demographic for RPG video games for the PC (World of Warcraft, Empire Earth, etc) is males over 30. 
