On April 6, My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic will begin its ninth and final season. According to a Discovery Family press release, the final story arc will involve Princess Celestia's decision to appoint Twilight Sparkle and her friends as the new rulers of Equestria. What the release doesn't mention is the likelihood that this decision will plunge Equestria into a dark age of codependent misery as the Mane Six teach their new subjects the ways of over-reliance, selfishness, manipulation and ingratitude.

You may not remember these lessons from past episodes of My Little Pony. Many of the show's morals appear sound at first glance: friendship is magic, forgiveness is important, chaos demons make good friends.

Beneath its cute façade, however, My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic contains countless harmful life lessons hidden in the subtext of seemingly innocuous storylines. As will soon happen to Equestria if Twilight Sparkle and her friends take over, the misguided moral instructions pervading these stories threaten to turn our children into a generation of morally confused codependents.

The following 13 are some of the worst offenders. If you can think of any other terrible life lessons not covered here, feel free to share them in the comments below.