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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What’s wrong with boys?

My son is 13 and seems fine to me.  He is polite and well mannered.  I raise him the same as I do my girls: he has chores, has to play in instrument, be in a sport, reads books at home, screen time is limited, doesn’t have a phone yet, doesn’t hang around with the boys doing the wrong things, excels in school.  I’m not doing any special “boy” parenting, just trying my best to be an overall good parent.  [/quote]

Why do they have to be in a sport?  I understand the schools requirements to learn all sports but not every kid wants to play a sport outside of school.  Maybe this is one of the problems.  For some reason parents can’t deal with their boys not wanting to play sports.   The parents pretend that it’s all about health but it’s not.  Nobody needs a sport to be healthy.  And girls who play softball can tend to be overweight.  Guys on football teams can be obese and they play certain positions.

Stop glorifying sports might help with aggression and meanness in boys.  This is the parents fault 100%.  [/quote]

As a mom to boys I consider that my boys will have more muscle mass than females and [b]will have to learn how to use that to work and to stay in shape[/b]. I figure they will need to do more hands on work around the house, and [b]I figure they may be called up to war[/b]. I also realize that boys tend to socialize through sports and so sports is a way to teach many social skills and resilience skills. It's not the only thing I think is important and my kids are involved in church and scouts, and band, but it's something that I think is important for these reasons. [/quote]

Wut????[/quote]

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