Comments on: Bias against boys? http://www.phdinparenting.com/2008/07/12/bias-against-boys/ ...exploring the art and science of parenting Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:59:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Sean http://www.phdinparenting.com/2008/07/12/bias-against-boys/#comment-41207 Sean Thu, 18 Feb 2010 09:38:22 +0000 http://phdinparenting.wordpress.com/?p=83#comment-41207 Annie, this is tremendously profound, thank you. I resist the temptation to write more because I know I wouldn't be done this side of lunchtime! Annie, this is tremendously profound, thank you. I resist the temptation to write more because I know I wouldn’t be done this side of lunchtime!

]]> By: Should we parent boys and girls differently? | PhD in Parenting http://www.phdinparenting.com/2008/07/12/bias-against-boys/#comment-40838 Should we parent boys and girls differently? | PhD in Parenting Tue, 16 Feb 2010 23:51:01 +0000 http://phdinparenting.wordpress.com/?p=83#comment-40838 [...] very few differences in terms of how we should parent boys and girls. As I wrote in my post on the Bias Against Boys: Are boys are girls really that [...] [...] very few differences in terms of how we should parent boys and girls. As I wrote in my post on the Bias Against Boys: Are boys are girls really that [...]

]]> By: slee http://www.phdinparenting.com/2008/07/12/bias-against-boys/#comment-17296 slee Tue, 22 Sep 2009 13:17:36 +0000 http://phdinparenting.wordpress.com/?p=83#comment-17296 As the mother of a girl who acts like a boy ib a lot of ways, I have been shocked to see her boyhavior accepted while milder forms of it, in boys, were met with calls to mom and various reprimands. Its all out of alignment. I suspect we're seeing the result of trying to feminize our culture in the name of political correctness. As the mother of a girl who acts like a boy ib a lot of ways, I have been shocked to see her boyhavior accepted while milder forms of it, in boys, were met with calls to mom and various reprimands.
Its all out of alignment. I suspect we’re seeing the result of trying to feminize our culture in the name of political correctness.

]]> By: Veronica http://www.phdinparenting.com/2008/07/12/bias-against-boys/#comment-17271 Veronica Tue, 22 Sep 2009 04:59:30 +0000 http://phdinparenting.wordpress.com/?p=83#comment-17271 A-FUCKING-MEN A-FUCKING-MEN

]]> By: Melitsa http://www.phdinparenting.com/2008/07/12/bias-against-boys/#comment-15791 Melitsa Tue, 08 Sep 2009 16:06:33 +0000 http://phdinparenting.wordpress.com/?p=83#comment-15791 I believe as a society we're become more intolerant of boys. I'm the mum of three boys who are really boys and constantly feel I have to excuse their....boy behaviour. It really isn't over the top. Since we're the usually the main caregiver; the one that reads; the one that researches I believe that mothers of boys must read about how to raise their sons truly as sons and not mini girls. I love Michael Gurian and Leonard Sax for providing the tools for me to be a more effect advocate for my boys and providing the science and research to empower me to tell others. Thanks for this post. Boys are having a hard time of it. While Failure to launch is a funny movie this is become more of reality for families and it's disturbing to see these lost boys. I believe as a society we’re become more intolerant of boys. I’m the mum of three boys who are really boys and constantly feel I have to excuse their….boy behaviour. It really isn’t over the top. Since we’re the usually the main caregiver; the one that reads; the one that researches I believe that mothers of boys must read about how to raise their sons truly as sons and not mini girls. I love Michael Gurian and Leonard Sax for providing the tools for me to be a more effect advocate for my boys and providing the science and research to empower me to tell others.
Thanks for this post. Boys are having a hard time of it. While Failure to launch is a funny movie this is become more of reality for families and it’s disturbing to see these lost boys.

]]> By: Let me provoke you…and beg for your votes | PhD in Parenting http://www.phdinparenting.com/2008/07/12/bias-against-boys/#comment-7452 Let me provoke you…and beg for your votes | PhD in Parenting Tue, 09 Jun 2009 04:00:00 +0000 http://phdinparenting.wordpress.com/?p=83#comment-7452 [...] some of the idiocies in society in posts like bias against boys or out of sight, out of mind, out of job, or feminism, fathers and valuing parenthood. Challenging [...] [...] some of the idiocies in society in posts like bias against boys or out of sight, out of mind, out of job, or feminism, fathers and valuing parenthood. Challenging [...]

]]> By: phdinparenting http://www.phdinparenting.com/2008/07/12/bias-against-boys/#comment-6824 phdinparenting Thu, 28 May 2009 17:34:42 +0000 http://phdinparenting.wordpress.com/?p=83#comment-6824 @Brosti: Agreed. I was also complaining last night to DH about the boy pull-ups having Cars and the girl pull-ups having Disney Princesses. @Brosti: Agreed. I was also complaining last night to DH about the boy pull-ups having Cars and the girl pull-ups having Disney Princesses.

]]> By: Brosti http://www.phdinparenting.com/2008/07/12/bias-against-boys/#comment-6823 Brosti Thu, 28 May 2009 17:15:06 +0000 http://phdinparenting.wordpress.com/?p=83#comment-6823 The odd thing (for a supposedly post-feminist culture) is that I feel like split-gender socialization of children has actually become MORE intense over the last 30 years than it was previously. McDonald's used to include a toy in a Happy Meal. Now they ask if you want a "girl toy or a boy toy." WHY? Is there a cross-marketing economic motive for segregating the plastic crap our kids play with? Cartoons are now boys' cartoons and girls' cartoons. Pop stars are different for boys and girls, too. The intensity of gender coding is mind-blowing. The odd thing (for a supposedly post-feminist culture) is that I feel like split-gender socialization of children has actually become MORE intense over the last 30 years than it was previously. McDonald’s used to include a toy in a Happy Meal. Now they ask if you want a “girl toy or a boy toy.” WHY? Is there a cross-marketing economic motive for segregating the plastic crap our kids play with? Cartoons are now boys’ cartoons and girls’ cartoons. Pop stars are different for boys and girls, too. The intensity of gender coding is mind-blowing.

]]> By: Emily Geizer http://www.phdinparenting.com/2008/07/12/bias-against-boys/#comment-6714 Emily Geizer Tue, 26 May 2009 23:14:00 +0000 http://phdinparenting.wordpress.com/?p=83#comment-6714 Oh, I am thrilled to stumble upon this blog tonight. I love the book, Playful Parenting, that you mentioned above. I've just recently discovered it and have found it greatly shifting my perspective (unlike most other parenting books). I found PhD in Parenting on the blogroll at Warm Hearts Happy Family. I'm looking forward to checking out more of your site when I have time to peruse, but wanted to alert you to an article that I wrote around gender issues called <a href="http://childperspective.wordpress.com/2009/04/24/no-better-sex/" rel="nofollow"> No Better Sex</a>. Thanks for this insightful article. Oh, I am thrilled to stumble upon this blog tonight. I love the book, Playful Parenting, that you mentioned above. I’ve just recently discovered it and have found it greatly shifting my perspective (unlike most other parenting books).

I found PhD in Parenting on the blogroll at Warm Hearts Happy Family. I’m looking forward to checking out more of your site when I have time to peruse, but wanted to alert you to an article that I wrote around gender issues called No Better Sex.

Thanks for this insightful article.

]]> By: Raising a Feminist | PhD in Parenting http://www.phdinparenting.com/2008/07/12/bias-against-boys/#comment-1146 Raising a Feminist | PhD in Parenting Mon, 26 Jan 2009 04:24:54 +0000 http://phdinparenting.wordpress.com/?p=83#comment-1146 [...] my post on the bias against boys, I made some recommendations for raising boys, several of which I think contribute to making a boy [...] [...] my post on the bias against boys, I made some recommendations for raising boys, several of which I think contribute to making a boy [...]

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