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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a boy who is older, and who plays with a lot of girls, and yes - there are (generalized) differences! Things like risk taking, style of play, physicality, noise, when certain types of maturity occur, etc... [b]It's real[/b]. It's not all kids, but it's a generalization that bears weight in lots of cases. So I guess I am a #boymom.

Would I ever write that hashtag on Facebook or something? No way. That seems icky. Like showing a photo of my new concealer and saying #onlyforladiez - I mean sure, mostly for ladies, but that's not the entire truth!

When I've noted differences aloud to closer friends or neighbors, I usually say "I hate to generalize" or "This probably is just my experience" and 9 out of 10 times the other person say "Oh. No. I see it. It's real." They just don't hashtag it![/quote]

Nope. It's socialization. [/quote]

It's probably both. But I agree that socialization is vastly underrated. A lot of my DD's outfits are gender neutral, so she reads "boy" sometimes, and there's a huge difference in the way she's treated vs when she wears a sparkly tutu or whatever in the same circumstance (like at the playground). "Watch out, be careful!" Vs "Way to go, my man!" on the monkey bars. Anyone who believes that has no effect on their kids is blinkered to reality. It's huge and mostly "invisible."[/quote]

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