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You can tell me, do you treat your children differently depending on gender?

Maybe not intentionally & of course they should be taught some different lessons (and lots the same.) Do you, subconsciously or unsubconsciously find yourself treating/ raising them differently?
Somewhat. By far, the bigger differences in how they get treated have to do with their personalities, though. They both complain that the other one gets all the breaks, but the thing is, they both have their own challenges and rewards.
Winenot · 51-55, F
@MistyCee Good point!
Beebo · M
I raised 2 girls and a boy. Treated them all the same, except when it came time to shovel snow. I never expected my girls to shovel.
Beebo · M
@Keepitsimple Shoveling snow can get heavy, that's why I never made my girls. Usually I did the shoveling, once in a while I'll have my son help.
Keepitsimple · 51-55, F
@Beebo I know! Especially when it freezes and the snow plows mess it all up and you’re dying out there. Ugh!😡
Beebo · M
@Keepitsimple When he was young, I didn't expect him to do heavy shoveling, only the light stuff. But as he turned a teenage boy, I had him help.
JimboSaturn · 51-55, M
I hope not I tried my damn best to raise my daughter just as a kid not a gender.
JimboSaturn · 51-55, M
Absolutely, exactly the same.@Winenot
Winenot · 51-55, F
@JimboSaturn I love how people with one child or children all the same sex can say this with such absolute certainty! 😁 Those of us with different genders, occasionally stumble.
JimboSaturn · 51-55, M
Well I just think I would. I don't see how the gender would come into play at all. I don't even know any examples of situations where I would treat them differently. @Winenot
Rhodesianman · 56-60, M
No I raised all my kids the same .
Keepitsimple · 51-55, F
All raised the same, sometimes they need different treatment according to their emotional state more than anything with their hormones, lol.
smiler2012 · 56-60
winenot I suppose that would be sexist if girls where treated different too boys
Winenot · 51-55, F
@smiler2012 It would be but it’s not a trap, I promise. I’m just curious & perhaps you do it without noticing. My daughter made a comment about doing what her older brother is doing next year and I inwardly screamed, NO!
smiler2012 · 56-60
@Winenot I think when I was at school girls and boys at senior school where rather stereotyped to sex girls did needlework and cookery and boys did woodwork and metalwork but now that has changed I believe both sexes did a bit of everything if they choose
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Winenot · 51-55, F
@Bootsiebaby You shouldn’t but it could happen unintentionally and unless you have both, you really couldn’t say. All you can say is what you would intend.
Smokey · 46-50, M
No children
Winenot · 51-55, F
@Smokey Well then you’re perfectly fair!
Smokey · 46-50, M
@Winenot I suppose

 
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