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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't totally agree with all of these replies. I think they are well intentioned and probably correct for the first few years or so, but I also thibk it's irresponsible to pretend like boys aren't subjected to a different set of expectations and pressure in the world.

OP, it's going to be awesome, but if I were to have a boy (I have 2 girls) I'd be thinking longer term about how I am going to teach him to share and communicate his emotions, to pursue what he loves whether it's "masculine" or not, to value and love his friends (especially the male ones), to show affection and vulnerability, amd of course to respect women and see them as equals. It's a noble, but I fear misguided, approah to just treat boys and girls the same and assume they'll turn out equally. [/quote]

As mom to one girl and two boys, I get what you're saying, but we should be teaching ALL kids about emotional health, pursuing passions regardless of gender, appropriate boundaries, etc.  You're assuming that these things naturally arise in parenting girls but not in boys, and that's not true IME.  But, yes, probably because the OP is asking this question, her gender norms are stronger than in those of us who are responding that the differences tend to be more individual rather than solely as a function of gender.  Sure, you take society into consideration and at the same time, pay attention to your own beliefs about gender.[/quote]

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