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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’d be sad too.  Boys grow up to be men and typically don’t look after their elderly parents.  Nor do they have the same sort of close relationship with their moms.  They are more selfish and the DIL takes over.  Not always, but often.

Men are also more prone to violence, less likely to graduate college and more likely to suffer health problems at a young age.

I find it bizarre that some people in the US still favor boys.  [/quote]

Ridiculous. My boys will graduate college and are not prone to violence. No health problems. This is your peer group, not mine.

My Dad took great care of my grandparents in their decline and my FIL took care of his own mother. Both had sisters who lived in other towns and were simply not as close to their parents. [/quote]

That’s great it’s worked out this way for you.  However, for many parents with boys it does not.  It’s not ridiculous at all to acknowledge that women do most of the caregiving in this country.  [/quote]

Honestly, I think this has a lot to do with the way you raise your boys. My brother is the primary care-giver for my parents in my family. I was in the past, when the lived on the east coast, but when the retired to the west coast (where he is) he took over. That had a lot to do with the fact that we were raised to understand that caregiving has nothing to do with gender, but is a responsibility to be shared by everyone.[/quote]

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