By Jessica Jerreat PUBLISHED: 15:09 EST, 14 March 2014 | UPDATED: 16:18 EST, 14 March 2014 A nine-year-old boy from North Carolina has been forced to leave his favorite lunch bag at home because his school said it made him a target for bullies. Grayson Bruce had been subjected to taunts and bullying from classmates over the My Little Pony-themed bag. On Thursday, his school asked him to stop bringing in the blue pony-shaped bag because it was a 'trigger for bullying'. Shocked: Noreen Bruce with her son, Grayson, who was told to stop bringing his My Little Pony bag to school because it attracted bullies
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Grayson Bruce was being teased by classmates for being fan of cartoon
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Ban comes just two months after Michael Morones, 11, tried to kill himself after being bulled for watching the animated show
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Teased: @placeholder, who also lives in North Carolina, is recovering in hospital after trying to take his own life after bullies picked on him because of his love for My Little Pony