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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So tired of boy mom threads blaming girls for everything.[/quote]
+1 for thousands of years boys turned into men who ruled the world, and now that girls are able to go to college and get a good paying job, all of a sudden boys are falling behind? What is up with that? Boys are too weak? Boys are to delicate?  I don't get it.

-mom of college boy and HS girl

I'm older, and grew up in a conservative culture where they did not encourage girls to go to college.  I pushed myself and out-succeeded my brother, even as my parents put more energy on his college than mine.  My mother would always say that my brother just didn't have the self motivation so he needed to be pushed more.  My response to that was, "He's not dumb, and if he lacks any motivation, it's because you the parent had low expectations of him."

It's not the systems fault. It's the parenting.  [/quote]

+1 I also have a big and a girl who are doing equally well in school. I can’t tell you how times I’ve heard parents admit their incredibly low expectations of their boys, though. Particularly if they also have a girl. They really don’t their boys are capable of much and[b] moms relish the chance to do everything for them.[/b][/quote]

I have noticed this big time. Boy moms do a lot of tasks for their sons, and overly worry and tend to them.  Boys rely on their moms for help far more than girls do. There is a lack of skill building, a lack of resiliency. They know their moms are going to swoop in and help them.  Girls have their sh*t together. 
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