Bringing up children

Englishuser · Fri Mar 30, 2007 10:33 am *Bringing up children*

Hi,

Did you treat your sons and daughters differently when they grew up? Would you teach boys and girls different things if you were to have children?

Englishuser

Pamela · Mon Apr 02, 2007 15:54 pm *Bringing up children*

Hi EU,

What do you exactly mean by 'different things'?

Englishuser · Mon Apr 02, 2007 16:10 pm *Bringing up children*

Hi Pamela,

Thank you for your message. I am sorry to disappoint you, though: I don't think I need to explain what "different things" could be. I am sure you can figure it out by yourself.

EU

Pamela · Mon Apr 02, 2007 16:56 pm *Bringing up children*

Hi EU,

You're right. If I had kids I could teach them to do many different things that I'd consider to be essential for them to be taught to. Smile

Englishuser · Mon Apr 02, 2007 17:05 pm *Bringing up children*

Hi Pamela,

Does that mean that the boy would learn the same things as the girl?

EU

Pamela · Mon Apr 02, 2007 17:24 pm *Bringing up children*

Not always. Entirely depends on the thing you are going to teach your child, EU. Say, boys and girls can be taught to drive a car, but knitting only girls. I can hardly imagine a boy knitting a sweater. Laughing

Englishuser · Mon Apr 02, 2007 17:34 pm *Bringing up children*

Hi Pamela,

Do you have a problem with men who enjoy sewing and knitting? What if your son specifically told you he wanted to learn how to knit a sweater?

EU

Pamela · Mon Apr 02, 2007 17:49 pm *Bringing up children*

No, I don't, but it seems not so natural (usual) to me, though. If my son was willing to be taught to knit anything, I would have no objection.

Dark magician · Mon Apr 02, 2007 18:04 pm *Bringing up children*

Hi,friends !

Englishuser · Mon Apr 02, 2007 18:11 pm *Bringing up children*

Hi Mba,

You said:

Dark magician · Mon Apr 02, 2007 18:53 pm *Bringing up children*

Me too EU

Mba
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Abr4xii · Tue Apr 03, 2007 18:21 pm *Bringing up children*

I would hope that people have gotten well past the belief that certain activities/skills are gender specific.
I would certainly teach my children what most consider "life skills" regardless of gender association.

Englishuser · Tue Apr 03, 2007 18:25 pm *Bringing up children*

Hi Abr4xii,

You said:

Yankee · Tue Apr 03, 2007 18:48 pm *Bringing up children*

My 16-year-old niece just loves driving her dad's tractor, but my nephew hasn't shown any interest in it whatsoever. However, I think that's mainly because my nephew finds tractors to be generally "uncool". Cool

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prezbucky · Wed Apr 04, 2007 23:07 pm *Bringing up children*

There's a song for your neph, Amy:

"She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy"

Just scroll down and click on the link:

http://www.cmt.com/artists/az/chesney_kenny/videos.jhtml
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