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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have one son and one daughter, about 18 months apart. They're teens. I wouldn't say one is more emotional than the other, but they deal with their emotions differently. My son, when he was 5 years old, was having trouble with his friends in kindergarten. I kept trying to get him to tell me about it, but he got very annoyed. He said to me, point blank: "Why would I want to talk about it? That would make me even more sad." He was 5 years old when he said that, I can guarantee you it was not conditioned at that point. We don't talk like that at home. My daughter meanwhile, blabs on about anything that crosses her mind, no matter how painful it is. It could be a fluke (my daughter is a lot like me and my son is a lot like my husband -- in many ways) but the differences between them definitely pushed me out of the 'nurture camp and into the 'nature' camp.[/quote]

THIS! My daughter talks and talks and talks and over analyzes EVERYTHING. If there is anyone I tell in the house to get a grip on their emotions it is my daughter. Getting my son to talk about his feeling is like pulling teeth. Furthermore, when my son was in middle school he was having trouble with a group of friends. I was asking him how he felt and his response was simple "Middler schoolers are all morons, who cares what they think? They'll be bored of the drama next week" and he went back to his ipad. My daughter would have stressed, discussed, stress, discussed and cried like it was the end of the world.  This is not conditioning.  My son takes things like water on a duck. He basically doesn't want to be bothered with what he considers "drama". My DH is the exact same way. Doesn't hold grudges,  doesn't want to discuss anything to death. I actually really like it. Cant imagine being a leabian.[/quote]

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