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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Boy moms are next level. The amount of work mothers put in, helping their sons with assignments, reminding them to do work,  saving them left and right. I have daughters who I stopping helping in early middle school. That’s the time to make mistakes. That’s the time for crappy grades and hard lessons and forgotten sports equipment. 9th grade isn’t too late. Let him be. He will be happier, become more responsible, have agency and grow more confident. [/quote]

I have both, and my daughter is so much easier to parent, at least from an academic perspective.  The only time I help her is when she asks for help proactively.  I've never had to remind her to turn in a school assignment.  She's just on it and has been since preschool, when she was the teacher's pet, whereas my son is the kid who loses and forgets everything.  I can't let him fail.  DH doesn't want me to let him fail either, but it's not like he's putting in much work.  This is probably good advice, but it's a lot easier to tell someone to drop the rope than to actually drop the rope on your child.  My biggest fear is that he becomes a failure to launch, unable to support himself.  [/quote]

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