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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Difference is at least In part due to the difference between boys and girls.  [/quote]

It's this, 100%.  I though my DD was completely brilliant and a genius because of how much earlier she did everything than her older brother. I mean, she is brilliant and wonderful--but in her own way and not a super genius after all. Just not a boy--with executive functioning disfunction to boot.[/quote]

There’s a great psych study that shows how children are treated differently from the moment they’re born. The researchers dressed babies as boys or girls (blue or pink).  For the “girls” the participants said the baby clearly loved being talked to and they carried the babies around talking to them a lot and making a lot of facial expressions, helped them do patticake etc. for the “boys” the participants said they were clearly wanting to move, they bounced them around, rolled balls to them, and generally much more physical and less talkative with them.

When girl / boys are socialized differently from day one of course different skills will develop first and better, even if they weren’t born that way [/quote]

OP here ,I totally agree with this but have definitely (both consciously and due to being busier) not treated her to more attention. I used to narrate and read To DS constantly. Now with the pandemic, we have zero childcare and an extra kid, and as a result she gets maaaybe 50% of the attention her brother did. She does observe him very carefully and wants to try everything he does, and he encourages her, so i do think she is learning a lot from him.[/quote]

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