Who says raising boys is easier?

[joeglow3]

61. We discussed this a few years ago

My wife and I live in Omaha, Nebraska and went to a free Marriage Strengthening class that was done by a therapist from Boy's & Girl's Town. As part of one of the sessions, he discussed how boys and girls mature differently when it comes to emotions (as you are discussing). He showed studies whereby women "mature" emotionally in their late teens and early 20's and men do so in their late 20's. Ironically, for men, it coincided with when they typically got married.

This led to gender roles and a couple women in the room literally went off on how terrible this is and how we need to address it and stop these "gender roles." He basically said that is simply pissing in the wind, as this will continue within their peer groups no matter what adults do.

Years later, every competent source I have read has said essentially the same thing. That is why so few experts are lining up beyond idiots like that couple who kept their kids gender secret (while allowing him to do extremely feminine things and preventing him from doing masculine things).