[apmultiples] Re: another rant from Valerie

["analisa_r" <analisa_roche hotmail com>]

i have new b/g twins as well as a toddler dd.  would love a yahoo 
group on this topic.

analisa in tx

--- In apmultiples yahoogroups com, "Nancy Whittier" <NWHITTIE@e...> 
wrote:
> Yup, Valerie is right.  I'm a sociologist and gender is my area of
> specialization...there is a TON of research showing that adults 
react
> differently to babies depending on what gender they think they 
are.  
> 
> I don't want to start what is sure to be a really controversial 
thread
> here, since I know people have very different ideas about gender
> differences.  But as I'm parenting g/b twins, I have been thinking 
a lot
> about gender socialization and non-sexist parenting.  (It was way 
easier
> with our 8-yo son, since we just had one child and the day-to-day
> comparisons were nil.)  If anyone is interested in corresponding 
about
> these issues, I'd be really glad.  I was looking online the other 
day
> trying to find a good email forum on non-sexist parenting, but 
didn't
> turn one up.  If anyone knows of one, let me know.  Otherwise, 
maybe we
> could start a sub-list on the topic.



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