Dear Baby Ribbon:

Where are Megan's parents and how come they don't seem to mind it when their kids stay in Ponyland overnight?

Lyra

Dear Lyra,

Good question.  My mom would scalp off my beautifully fabulous red stripe that should be in the Metropolitan Museum of Art if I just flittered off literally into another world and didn't tell her where I was going.

Megan, Danny, and Molly are in a very unique situation in that their parents not only believe in My Little Ponies, they also know where their children are going, approve of it 100%, and appreciate it.

Both their mom and dad travel a lot with work-related things (they are very important in some industry that is vastly important to humans but sounded silly to me).  Rather than hire a sitter, or worry that their kids were home playing with matches and sniffing paint or becoming involved with gang members or drug dealers or the chess club, they put their minds at ease and remember that their children are being lovingly cared for by a bunch of multi-colored magic ponies who don't smoke, drink, eat preservatives, or watch MTV.  What better setup could a working parent ask for??

Admittedly, hearing about a day multi-colored magic ponies would make many parents suspect drugs, but Megan's parents are very open-minded people.  Like any good parents, they insisted on meeting some of the ponies first, especially before spending the night here at Paradise Estate.  Wisely, we kept the nutcases like Fizzy and Bubblefish here and sent a sensible delegation consisting of level-headed ponies like Bow-Tie, Sparkler, and Sugarberry.

So Megan, Molly, and Danny's mother and father have essentially given us carte blanche with their kids in exchange for the most fun extended day service in the world.  Don't spread this "extended day" stuff around, however; dealing with my boyfriend Baby Paws is daycare enough for me!