ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Grayson Bruce's My Little Pony backpack will return, and with it may come new initiatives to prevent bullying in local schools. Buncombe County Schools administrators met ...

An elementary school in Buncombe County, N.C., banned 9-year-old Grayson Bruce from carrying his My Little Pony backpack earlier this month saying it triggered bullying.

Outraged parents say their son's elementary school told their 9-year-old to leave his "My Little Pony" backpack at home after the boy complained that he was bullied for bringing it to school.

My Little Pony. But it's even worse that the school's response was to take no action against the bullies and to tell Grayson to lose the book bag. The school called the backpack "a trigger for ...

In 1982, Hasbro released a new line of toys – pastel ponies with long, flowing manes and tails. Decades later, Samantha Warren fell in love with My Little Pony and has amassed a herd of hundreds.