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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]14:11 here. I've been watching this glorification of girls from the outside and am sickened. And I have 4 kids. Because on way is this good for girls or boys. [/quote]

Historically speaking, how many generations has this societal glorification of girls been in place? 
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DP.  I didn’t think that it’s really glorification of girls.  It’s all this stuff that started in the 90’s, trying to get girls into tech one sports and camping and all sorts of things that boys were doing.

But now it’s not only perpetuated, it’s starting much younger.  So, now, instead of telling 16 & 17 year old girls that can be just as good at math and science as the boys are, you are telling 6 & 7 year old boys and girls that girls can be whatever they want to be.  And the little boys are like, “what?”

[b]Frankly, I also think that a lot of elementary school teachers are former sorority girls who completely forgot there were going to be roughhousing little boys in their classrooms.  [/b]
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+1 My son told me in 1st grade that he always got the old, mean teachers because he was the bad kid at school (he has ADHD). 2nd grade was transformative -- he got a teacher who was the mom to three boys and actually liked boys generally and DS in particular. She saw his sense of humor and told me he was often the only one who got her jokes. She let all the kids sit in beanbag chairs or on exercise balls at their desks or lie on the floor to do their work. I loved her.

If I could invest in private school for my kids at just one phase of life I'd send my boys to an all-boys school for elementary. [/quote]

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