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Re:When starting school, younger children are more likely to... by dang on Friday November 30, 2018 @12:34AM (#18566968)
Please don't take HN threads into flamewar.

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Re:When starting school, younger children are more likely to... by jonnycomputer on Thursday November 29, 2018 @05:24PM (#18564707)
it is quite possible that some differences in neurodevelopment between boys and girls can be accounted for by differences in how others interact with them as boys and girls, e.g. what they are punished or not punished for doing, how much self control or aggression they are expected or permitted to express, and so on. those are hypotheses, of course, but the brain is plastic, and environmental inputs really do matter.
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