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Should My Little Pony be taught in schools?

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I know it sounds crazy, but hear me out. I think this could actually work.

My Little Pony isn’t just a cute, colorful show about magical ponies. It’s also a perfect tool for teaching kids important life lessons and breaking down those old-school gender stereotypes. It should be Mandatory for schools to have at least a few hours of lessons each year to teach about the show and show inspiring clips and episodes from it to kids.

My Little Pony Friendship is Magic is a show is all about values like kindness, loyalty, empathy, and teamwork. Every episode gives students a chance to learn how to be better friends, deal with conflict, and support each other, basically, lessons straight out of Twilight Sparkle’s Friendship Journal. These are skills every classroom could use! My Little Pony has a fanbase that’s not just little girls. The Brony community (yep, grown men loving ponies) and Pegasisters (adult female fans) is proof that liking something doesn't have to follow gender norms. Imagine teaching kids that it's perfectly fine for a guy to rock a Rainbow Dash T-shirt or for a girl to kick butt in a game of soccer. It’s all about embracing individuality! Millions of adults love the show. And ntroducing kids to the Brony fandom could spark important conversations about respecting differences. Whether you’re a "Shining Armor" or a "Fluttershy," people can come together over shared interests—and that’s a powerful lesson for any classroom.

The ponies have some serious emotional intelligence. From Rainbow Dash learning about humility to Fluttershy confronting her fears, the show gives kids relatable examples of handling emotions and social situations. Plus, it’s a fun way to teach kids that personal growth is about more than just magic it takes hard work!

What do you think? Should we invite My Little Pony to class for a lesson in friendship, gender equality, and emotional growth. As the Mane 6 would say friendship is magic!
 

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It doesn't sound crazy to me, but teachers and parents should ideally embody those traits first and foremost. TV shows with wholesome morals are great and all, but real adults modeling things like kindness and emotional intelligence is more effective.

Shows and fandoms also jump the shark after a while and have sketchy people somewhere in the fanbase. I wouldn't uphold a particular program or fandom up as role models. In fact, I think that's part of a problem that some Christian communities have. Treating entertainment like it's something that we should follow rather than seeing it what it is... entertainment. The other side of the coin is entertainment that doesn't pretend to exemplify role model behavior. I think such things are best treated the same way and enjoyed as entertainment rather than something to emulate.
 
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While the values might be a wholesome influence on children, all things having to do with magic are an abomination to the Lord.

Deuteronomy 18:9-12 When thou art come into the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations. There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch. Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer. For all that do these things are an abomination unto the Lord: and because of these abominations the Lord thy God doth drive them out from before thee.
Satan is subtle in his deception.

Genesis 3:1 Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
2 Corinthians 11:3 But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.
 
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While the values might be a wholesome influence on children, all things having to do with magic are an abomination to the Lord.
Depends on how they deal with magic. After all, magic appears in scripture itself.

If magic is displayed as something that is ultimately harmful and not to be practiced, that would not be in discord with scripture.
 
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