RE: shoes . . . and more

["LaRee Brown" <mommytotwins2003 yahoo com>]

This is an interesting thought, it would never have occurred to me that
this would be something that people would respond differently to boys or
girls. I always just thought it was a difference in parents (& maybe in
some cases a difference between the way men & women respond to
children). Interestingly enough, both dh & I tend to go w/ the "brush it
off" approach with our girls. On the other hand, our neighbor panics if
her 2 yr old son trips, much less actually falls (& IMO, it's because of
this that he screams like he's been mortally wounded every time he
scratches his knee). So at least in our cul de sac, the gender
stereotype doesn't hold true ;o)

LaRee & the twins
http://pages.ivillage.com/lareebrown/


-----Original Message-----
From: nonsexist-parenting-bounces cosmos phy tufts edu
[mailto:nonsexist-parenting-bounces cosmos phy tufts edu] On Behalf Of
Valerie White
Sent: Monday, January 19, 2004 6:40 PM
To: nonsexist-parenting cosmos phy tufts edu
Subject: Re: shoes . . . and more

I've been watching carefully to see if we respond differently to the two

when they take a tumble.  This is a classic place where parents console
the 
girls and tell the boys not to cry, it wasn't that bad . . . honestly, I

don't think we treat them any differently. . .   

Valerie 


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