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This is weird, one of my friend's kids is a "bronie". I have never heard of this, but it's a thing where teenage boys are into "my little pony", a girls toy / doll / tv show
My son who just turned twelve is happy to be a self-proclaimed Bronie. Apparently the new My Little Pony cartoons are appealing to all ages and genders, they're witty, entertaining, funny. My son is very secure with himself, has friends, is clearly heterosexual (I say this as an open-minded mom...if any of my kids turned out LGBTQ I'd still love them unconditionally!) being a "bronie" is common and acceptable in our culture.
My son is almost 10 and likes all sorts of girls shows. He doesn't tell people though. He is as much of a boy's boy as you can get. But he watches tv with his sister enough to find my little pony (and other "girl" shows) entertaining. But now there is a bronie movement where boys can admit to liking these things. I think its great
Have you seen the new show? It's strangly... intelligent and entertaining, for a kid's show, while still being age appropriate, which is really hard to do!
My daughter who is 6 is into the show. However, now that we've watched it, both me, my (very heterosexual, engineer, self-confident, football-loving) husband and my almost 4 year old son are all fans. It's a fun show which does a good job at transcending age and gender. The only things really girly about the show is the "look" and the fact that the ponies are mostly girls.
I would not be worried about the bronie kid. In fact, I'd take it as a sign of above average intelligence for a boy to be able to see past the perception of the show and enjoy it for what it is.
The only danger to being a bronie would come from other boys who are not and may see him as an easy target.
Only because some parents don't teach their children mannners. However, I have friends with Bronies as sons.....it's not been a problem for them.
In fact I baby sat for a couple of hours last summer for one and his lititle sister. Some neighbor boys knocked on the door to ask A to play football while he was watching an episode....the boys sat down and watched the rest of it....and then they went outside to play.
I remember that thread. And I think where it started turning a bit weird was not when the discussion of bronies focused on tween boys, but rather, grown men.
I remember that thread. And I think where it started turning a bit weird was not when the discussion of bronies focused on tween boys, but rather, grown men.
Grown male bronies sound a lot more disturbing to me. I'd keep an eye on them.
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