Shout out to the young men

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why are some people in this forum just the worst lol.

Girl mom here and I see nothing wrong with celebrating these boys stepping in to help. Sure a few girls did too but it’s what about ism to act like it’s not mostly boys. Physically young men just have the arm and overall body strength to do it without injury or strain and most women/girls cannot. This is biology. I’m glad many stepped up.

Thank you girl mom!

I was out shoveling with my teen boy on Monday. We had shoveled clear on Sunday, so it was just the inches of sleet plus the snowplow mess.

It took me almost 2 hours to break through a path on the side of and right in front of my SUV, the width of my snow shovel. My arms and shoulders hurt for 2 days afterwards.

In that exact same time, my teen boy broke through and cleared the ice bank left by the plow at the end of my driveway, and the apron of the driveway, without taking a break or breaking a sweat.

He then cleared the sidewalks in front of our house, up to the neighbor's driveway, and the neighbors wide driveway that had not been touched. He worked for hours.

He and some other neighbor boys went in a group and started clearing older neighbor's driveways and sidewalks, for free.

Boys all over our neighborhood, from 5th grade to college, were doing this all week. Teen boy and young men's bodies are uniquely suited for this kind of hard labor, and as a group, they really rose to the occassion.

I can only assume that the people so offended by the idea of thanking boys for their hard work did not do any shoveling this past week. If you spent a few hours banging through the ice layer, you could not possibly have gotten offended by a thread created to thank the young men for their hard work clearing ice.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think it is important to point out good things that teams are doing, but in my neighborhood, both girls and boys were out.

Are you saying that in your neighborhood there were no teenage girls shoveling?

Yes.

I don’t believe you I think you just saw people in snow gear shoveling in you assume they were all boys.

How big is your neighborhood?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m grateful for all the neighbors helping neighbors activity I witnesses. This included sharing shovels pitching in to clear walk clear, get car out, walk the dogs, babysit while parents worked online.

Saw this from all ages and genders. but lots of teens stepping up.

Celebrate kindness!

Agreed. OP I know you meant well, and all the young men you saw stepping up should be celebrated. But as you can see, many of us have seen examples of girls, young women and women stepping up too. So maybe celebrate EVERYONE who stepped up, and don't make gendered assumptions that cancel out the good deeds (and as you can see there were many) that girls and women did too in this snowmagedden.

Start your own thread thanking all the many teen girls who shoveled their neighbor's driveways and sidewalks this past week.

No one is stopping you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why are some people in this forum just the worst lol.

Girl mom here and I see nothing wrong with celebrating these boys stepping in to help. Sure a few girls did too but it’s what about ism to act like it’s not mostly boys. Physically young men just have the arm and overall body strength to do it without injury or strain and most women/girls cannot. This is biology. I’m glad many stepped up.

Biologically young girls are not weaker than boys in middle school, in high school the difference is minimal.

It’s not until college and adulthood that the difference becomes extremely different.

The idea that a middle school or high school girl cannot shovel is insane.

And I do not find in our neighborhood that it was more boys than girls. And since you are a girl mom, can you get your girls out there shoveling next time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m grateful for all the neighbors helping neighbors activity I witnesses. This included sharing shovels pitching in to clear walk clear, get car out, walk the dogs, babysit while parents worked online.

Saw this from all ages and genders. but lots of teens stepping up.

Celebrate kindness!

Agreed. OP I know you meant well, and all the young men you saw stepping up should be celebrated. But as you can see, many of us have seen examples of girls, young women and women stepping up too. So maybe celebrate EVERYONE who stepped up, and don't make gendered assumptions that cancel out the good deeds (and as you can see there were many) that girls and women did too in this snowmagedden.

Start your own thread thanking all the many teen girls who shoveled their neighbor's driveways and sidewalks this past week.

No one is stopping you.

And nobody is stopping me talking about all the girls that shoveled this week on this thread.

The problem with men is they want to be awarded for things they should be doing. I take care of my children. What do you want cookie?

[Anonymous]

Agree, OP.

And PP is absolutely wrong.” Before, during, and after puberty, boys are stronger than girls on average. The sex difference in muscle strength increases markedly with male puberty, averaging ∼10% in 5–10‐year‐olds and then ∼40% in 14–17‐year‐olds.Apr 5, 2025”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think it is important to point out good things that teams are doing, but in my neighborhood, both girls and boys were out.

Are you saying that in your neighborhood there were no teenage girls shoveling?

Yes.

I don’t believe you I think you just saw people in snow gear shoveling in you assume they were all boys.

How big is your neighborhood?

For example.

I just drove through our neighborhood.

We have a ton of houses with teenagers, boys and girls. I know which houses have teen girls vs teen boys, as the neighborhood is very social.

The houses with teen boys are all cleared, as are all their adjacent neighbors that were cleared by the teen boys (I know who shoveled them because there was a neighborhood text lining up teens.

The houses with teen girls do not have clear sidewalks... the sidewalks haven't been touched. They might have helped their parents with their driveways. But they weren't even doing their own sidewalks.

The neighborhood FB and text threads asking for teens to shovel had zero teen girls volunteering. It had over a dozen teen boys.

We have several houses with twen boy/girl siblings. The brothers were shoveling, the sisters were not.

I know the kids, amd the ones shoveling out their neighbors were all boys.

Why are you so offended with the mere idea of complimenting young men for a job well done?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why are some people in this forum just the worst lol.

Girl mom here and I see nothing wrong with celebrating these boys stepping in to help. Sure a few girls did too but it’s what about ism to act like it’s not mostly boys. Physically young men just have the arm and overall body strength to do it without injury or strain and most women/girls cannot. This is biology. I’m glad many stepped up.

Biologically young girls are not weaker than boys in middle school, in high school the difference is minimal.

It’s not until college and adulthood that the difference becomes extremely different.

The idea that a middle school or high school girl cannot shovel is insane.

And I do not find in our neighborhood that it was more boys than girls. And since you are a girl mom, can you get your girls out there shoveling next time.

Sorry, but you are just factually and biologically wrong.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid and his buddy (high school seniors at mclean) shoveled for a neighbor (who he doesn’t really know) because she is an older lady who lives alone. No prodding or asking from me - he went out and did it. I have never been more proud of him in my life.

Love this!

You raised a good boy, momma.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why are some people in this forum just the worst lol.

Girl mom here and I see nothing wrong with celebrating these boys stepping in to help. Sure a few girls did too but it’s what about ism to act like it’s not mostly boys. Physically young men just have the arm and overall body strength to do it without injury or strain and most women/girls cannot. This is biology. I’m glad many stepped up.

Thank you girl mom!

I was out shoveling with my teen boy on Monday. We had shoveled clear on Sunday, so it was just the inches of sleet plus the snowplow mess.

It took me almost 2 hours to break through a path on the side of and right in front of my SUV, the width of my snow shovel. My arms and shoulders hurt for 2 days afterwards.

In that exact same time, my teen boy broke through and cleared the ice bank left by the plow at the end of my driveway, and the apron of the driveway, without taking a break or breaking a sweat.

He then cleared the sidewalks in front of our house, up to the neighbor's driveway, and the neighbors wide driveway that had not been touched. He worked for hours.

He and some other neighbor boys went in a group and started clearing older neighbor's driveways and sidewalks, for free.

Boys all over our neighborhood, from 5th grade to college, were doing this all week. Teen boy and young men's bodies are uniquely suited for this kind of hard labor, and as a group, they really rose to the occassion.

I can only assume that the people so offended by the idea of thanking boys for their hard work did not do any shoveling this past week. If you spent a few hours banging through the ice layer, you could not possibly have gotten offended by a thread created to thank the young men for their hard work clearing ice.

Stfu boo

[Anonymous]

I'm thankful for all the shovelers. In my house (we're empty nesters), my DH did way more than I did. I'm very fit, but have lower back problems. Thank you, thank you, thank you for all who helped clear the sidewalks and driveways and roads.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What area was that? DH & I had to dig out some elderly neighbors myself because nobody else did it and I was afraid they’d starve if they ran out of food and this next event hits worse than expected.

And plenty of young men over here, no help forthcoming

Same. Plenty of adults, including ones who didn’t speak English and communicated via cell phone. Not a teen boy in sight.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My teen daughter shoveled neighborhood driveways this week, too!

Doesn’t count! She should stop taking away opportunities for buys and get back to making muffins!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Agree, OP.

And PP is absolutely wrong.” Before, during, and after puberty, boys are stronger than girls on average. The sex difference in muscle strength increases markedly with male puberty, averaging ∼10% in 5–10‐year‐olds and then ∼40% in 14–17‐year‐olds.Apr 5, 2025”

A teen girl athlete is far stronger than a teen boy whose sport is video gaming.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My teen daughter shoveled neighborhood driveways this week, too!

Doesn’t count! She should stop taking away opportunities for buys and get back to making muffins!

Stop being so sexist and ruining a positive, uplifting thread.

Start your own thread