Who says raising boys is easier?

[renie408]

18. I love the last part of your post...

because I SO feel the same way. All the other mothers would be rejoicing when school went back into session, but not me. I loved having my kids around all the time. We home school my daughter due to the school situation where we live and the fact that home schooling fits into our lifestyle better and we both enjoy it. Ok, I really enjoy it and she has mixed feelings. But they are the same feelings that any kid has when they have a project due or a paper to write.

I haven't ever really paid all that much attention to trying to influence their gender identity. I tended to buy things I thought were cool for either of them without regard to whether it was a boy or girl toy. Once they were old enough to pick out their own stuff, I let them do that.

Neither are huge readers, though they will chew through a book that interests them. And mine were backwards from yours: son walked at 13 months, daughter at 8 months. Both talked a little early, but I spent all day with them and I am a big talker. Daughter has always been cooking with gas; son will stand back and evaluate a situation before jumping in. They are and always have been people of their own.