Re:Talking to Boys the Way We Do to Girls
by belorn on Monday June 19, 2017 @10:03AM
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While correlated to the chromosomes (ie gender), let me put a different hypothesis.
Kids will as part of of growing up start to emulate the parent of the same gender. The default is to seek approval and understanding of both parents, but boys will at some point start to emulate the father and girls will similar emulate their mother, while continuing seeking approval and understanding from the other parent.
If the parents follow gender roles and social expected behavior you will also get different behavior from their children of different gender.
Kids will as part of of growing up start to emulate the parent of the same gender. The default is to seek approval and understanding of both parents, but boys will at some point start to emulate the father and girls will similar emulate their mother, while continuing seeking approval and understanding from the other parent.
If the parents follow gender roles and social expected behavior you will also get different behavior from their children of different gender.