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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Well, the teachers who tried to warn y’all were accused of not understanding boys and just generally hating kids. My consolation has been that I have the out of control child for 10 months and the parents have them for years!

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I have boys. I believe that teachers do not understand boys. Go ahead and teach them how to behave -- just don't act like there is something wrong with them for needing to be taught it. Punishing is not the only way to teach.[/quote]

So very, very true. They are labeled as bad or naughty or uncontrollable.[/quote]

Why is it that boys are just generally more annoying to adults than girls? Obviously there are exceptions to this. I have a sister/daughters but no sons/brothers. I obviously married a lovely man, but don’t understand little boys at all.[/quote]

Biological/genetic.  Boys were active, physical and taught how to hunt, fight, farm or otherwise do physical things from a young age.  Girls were expected to do tiring things (fingers cramping from embroidery all day or sweating/tired from canning all day!), but it’s more a question of stamina and stress than quick action and building muscles.

Translate that genetic selection over millennia into today’s world.  We have boys “acting out” in preschool through mid/late elementary, because their bodies are full of energy, ready to be used.  Until their bodies learn to sit for hours per day, it’s difficult.

I’m not saying that every boy is “hyperactive,” but I’d definitely say it applies to over 50% of 3-7yo boys.  Again, it’s not that all girls are quieter and sedate. But again, in comparison to boys, over 75% are.

It would be a lot better if they could be active while also learning.  It’s possible, but most teachers are middle age females who don’t want or need to exercise as much as little boys, and the current state of mandated curriculum doesn’t leave much room for wiggles.[/quote]

It hasn’t been long enough that humans have made those particular gendered roles to explain genetic drift. We’ve only been farming in a settled fashion maybe 10-15k years. Women were very active gathering foods prior to that and probably spent more hours per week getting food than make hunters did.[/quote]

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