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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I worry a lot less about my daughter. I am not sure why.

[b]Is it just because son is the first kid and bears the burden of all my hopes and expectations? [/b]

Part of me thinks it might be because I think it’s just harder for boys in the world in the long term. Girls mature faster and outperform boys so much in school, and also always have the option of an easier career or staying at home with the kids. To do well in a HCOL area like we do, boys eventually have to have a lucrative, high paying job and with that, there’s so much more stress on the academic and college front when they are younger.

And girls are just easier when younger based on what I hear. Fewer learning issues, therapies needed. Went past  a speech therapy office recently and the 4 children in the waiting room were all boys.

Anyone relate? [/quote]

I have an older girl and a younger boy, and I worry about my girl more. I think it’s the first pancake theory. We’re encountering everything for the first time with the oldest child and it all feels scary. Younger children tend to fly under the radar a bit and benefit from our greater confidence as parents.[/quote]

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