[Tax-chick]

Good morning, FRiends! Grab some coffee and jump in with your opinions, observations, and stories ...

[Gabz]

I'm going to need a whole heck of a lot more than just coffee to even begin to come up with anything, let alone anything insightful ............

I only have one girl, and actually never gave it a thought. Now I have something to think about on the 2 hour drive we have to make tomorrow morning and empty a storage unit and make the return 2 hours trip!!!!

Seriously, I really never have thought about it. All of my friends with kids my daughter's age also all have girls, except one. My daughter's birthday party is Saturday, and of the 10 rugrats there only 2 will be boys.........I will have to watch and then get back to you.

[BizzeeMom]

Some friends and I were just discussing this, this morning at swim class. It's fascinating to me, and I have noticed a lot of gender differences over the years since I have become a Mom.

When my now-16 year old daughter was in day care (14 years ago), I started noticing the differences. All the kids would be outside playing.....the girls would be in the sand pit, talking and working, huddled around some sand project. Meanwhile the boys would be in a herd, running from one end of the play-yard to the other.

I grew up with only sisters, and so having sons has been a big learning experience. I think it's the testosterone than makes them different. LOL. We have three girls and two boys....it goes: girl, girl, boy, girl, boy. I was very well-versed in girls by the time our first son came, and he was a shock to my system. Even in the womb, he was more aggressive.

Our second son is a little bit more mellow than his brother. They like to rumble and rassle, the girls don't. They tend to be less reasonable than the girls....they have much more of a "my-way-or-the-highway" approach to things.

They are all so very individual, it's hard to generalize a *whole* lot, but definitely there are differences that cannot be attributed to environment! :)

[kiki04]

Gender as construct is taught to teachers in college (and grad school, I remember serveral articles). Gender is not a construct, yes there are differences between males and females not only physically but social emotionally as well. Girls and boys are treated differently in most classrooms. I have seen girls getting away with much more because the teacher believes there is a gender inequality inside and outside of the classroom (this happens with female teachers more so than male teachers).

Gotta cut this short, baby is starting to moan, which means she will be up soon!


My 3 week old, already smarter than your average liberal