Talking to Boys the Way We Do to Girls

Re:Talking to Boys the Way We Do to Girls by a_c on Monday June 19, 2017 @02:36AM (#14584955)

I fail to grasp the idea of the article. Apparently parents treat their children differently. Not only between sons and daughters, but also among siblings. What are the benefits of treating them equally? And should we do so anyway? On one hand we educate our children based on their interest, characters, capabilities and so on. Now we talk about how different we treat our children.

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Re:Talking to Boys the Way We Do to Girls by mnsc on Monday June 19, 2017 @04:55AM (#14585475)

I read the same article. My takeaway was not "treat them equally" at all costs. It was "give them the same possibilities to have all the feelings". I don't think the feelings of being afraid or weak is biologically determined so I would help my kid deal with them the same way, by talking with them and exploring the feelings, learning how to cope with them, no matter what stuff they have between the legs.

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Re:Talking to Boys the Way We Do to Girls by abalashov on Monday June 19, 2017 @02:58AM (#14585042)

It does not seem that you have failed to grasp the idea of the article, but rather that you are not persuaded of the correctness of its idea. :-)

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Re:Talking to Boys the Way We Do to Girls by a_c on Monday June 19, 2017 @04:08AM (#14585286)

You are right! Yet I would love to be persuaded given there are obvious merits to children. Right now I am more in line with the sentiments of other comments.

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