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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It seems to me that girls just care more about being included. My daughter is always sad when she finds out there was a birthday party that she was not invited to or a playdate going on that does not include her.  My son could not care less and he is older. Perhaps other boys do care?[/quote]

My second grade son doesn’t care, either. He had a falling out with his former best friend. He was upset for a few days and then moved on. He still plays with his former friend at recess and is polite, but says “I don’t trust him anymore.”

I feel like the same situation would lead to high drama with two girls. Girls tend to try to win friend’s approval back. They tend to ruminate. They try to get other girls to side with them. That just opens the door to more “mean” behavior. Boys tend to shut all of that down fast. My son would never consider trying to get the other boys to ignore Larlo or vice versa.

Gender stereotypes exist for a reason, because they reflect reality. Pretending otherwise won’t change that reality. I think it’s a combination of nature and nurture, but mostly I think it’s mostly nature at the end of the day.

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