Whether or not you stay on this forum, or you just use it for this poll, I bid you welcome, and hope you enjoy your time here!
In regards to your questions:
-I first started getting seriously into the show when I was 15
-I strongly connect to all the lessons in the show. I was going through some stuff, and the show and some of the lessons actually helped me get through it. The songs are actually done really well; there are some really memorable.
-I believe that my family knows about it, but they never really bring it up.
-I brought it up once, and they seemed really chill about it.
-Honestly, not many outside of my immediate family knows about my liking of the show. The friends that do know seem supportive, but again, I don't bring it up often.
-I have yet to experience harassment about MLP ever.
-MLP is a special fandom, and bronies are special. Despite the hate that a lot of people give them, I find that bronies always find a way to stay positive. From what I've seen, bronies also are always accepting and kind towards one another. Despite the many different opinions on aspects of the show, there's never any really real fighting. Seven years have passed since the magic of friendship was created, and we've had several movies, seven seasons (with more on the way), lots of websites and forums, and tons of fan fiction being created everyday! Not many shows are able to do that. The show really tries hard to convey the idea of friendship, and lessons that we can learn from it (and succeeds in doing so). I will forever be a brony.