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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Out of all the people I know who are meh about their kids or regret having kids, all of them have boys. I think daughters are superior children. [/quote]

You are a troll.  But I'll bite.

Boys experience ADHD/anxiety/Learning disabilities/depression/etc at a much higher level than girls.  Our education system is more geared towards typical girls---sitting at desks all day and having to focus for long periods which is incredibly hard for any kid with ADHD tendencies. My daughters could sit for hours and read books/color/focus at age 2, whereas I had to read to my son at age 2 while he ran around the playroom--he was listening but no way he was gonna sit still while I read to him for more than 2-3 mins, just was not going to happen, if he was awake he was going to be moving around constantly.

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It's been that way since schools existed. We just push kids who would have fallen off track early along until eventually they fall off down the road. A kid who would have been left school young is now supported through at least high school and then we wonder why they can never launch [/quote]

Totally agree!  That DS was never diagnosed with ADHD until college.  hit college and it was a huge adjustment.  But he only got thru HS doing well because we had the money and time to get intensive academic help, social help, therapy to help him thrive.  Without it, he'd likely have burnt out with low self esteem by HS.

Note: he's now a college grad, with a 3.6gpa, employed at a great company and functioning extremely well as an "adult".  But without those tools and my involvement (school said he had no issues and was doing "fine" so didn't need anything else in ES), he might not be a successful adult in his mid-20s.  It's so very easy for boys, but really anyone who learns differently to fall between the cracks[/quote]

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