""Great. And the "boy with his mother learning how to make curtains and fluff drapes article with photo" is right next to it. Time to get back to teaching our boys to protect and our girls to nurture.""
Have you ever heard of a "tailor?" They make a good money.
"Tailor" has dissappeared from our cultural vocab. Its "fashion designer" now. Kids learn skills from both parents sure, but there's a core to each role that's been lost. I admire parents that teach their boys to be boys, their girls to be girls, and to respect and appreciate the differences in the other.
One family I stayed with as a guest a while back - nothing drew the parents ire more than the boys criticizing their sisters activities/conversations or vice versa when the girls wanted to rough-house around. It was refreshing to see this purpose these parents had for raising their kids.