A 9-year-old boy was banned from carrying his "My Little Pony" brand backpack to his elementary school in North Carolina recently due to bullying.



USA Today reports the school told Grayson Bruce to keep the backpack, which features cartoon drawings of ponies, at home after the 9-year-old's mother, Noreen, met with school counselors about her son being bullied. Bruce said the bullying was so harsh that her son was afraid to go to school after classmates taunted him and told him to kill himself.



Bruce, who is now homeschooling her son, said she was shocked by the school's solution to the problem and felt it was sending a message that bullying was okay. She has since launched a Facebook campaign page in support of her son, which has more than 50,000 followers.



In the description of the page, it says the following:



"9 year old Grayson loves My Little Pony! So much so, that he requested a MLP lunchbox for school. Just a few days into carrying it, he began being bullied by classmates- calling him names, telling him to kill himself, and more.



When Grayson's parents approached the school for help they blamed the parents for letting him have the lunch box. The school has done nothing to curtail the bullying. One school official made it a point to tell Grayson him to hide it in his backpack.

Superintendent's office is supporting the school and is not taking any action calling the lunch box a trigger for the bullying."



A representative for the school said they hope to resolve the problem, but couldn't legally comment on a specific student's situation.



What do you think? Did the school handle the situation correctly? Leave your thoughts in the comments section.

