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Buzz Clik

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12. Sorry, dude. That doesn't play here.

Reply to Blue_Tires (Reply #3)

Sat May 25, 2013, 07:55 PM

May 2013

This is about males being bastards. Get on board or get out.

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The Problem with 'Boys Will Be Boys' [View all] Matariki May 2013 OP

Excellent blog post, worth reading the whole thing Matariki May 2013 #1

Awesome ...I read the whole thing. SummerSnow May 2013 #2

FWIW... Blue_Tires May 2013 #3

cool story, Blue bettyellen May 2013 #5

But would you read it again? Blue_Tires May 2013 #44

Which doesn't alter the main point. nomorenomore08 May 2013 #10

I get the writers main point Blue_Tires May 2013 #45

Sorry, dude. That doesn't play here. Buzz Clik May 2013 #12

What's wrong with the OP? nomorenomore08 May 2013 #16

Is that what it says? Buzz Clik May 2013 #18

If you saw it differently then fine. I won't try to talk you out of it. nomorenomore08 May 2013 #25

+1 SomethingFishy May 2013 #17

it's about how SOME people raise their kids to be bastards, and how others do not.... bettyellen May 2013 #27

Excellent! redstatebluegirl May 2013 #4

So simple and a great illustration BrotherIvan May 2013 #6

I am so glad that my siblings raise their boys to clean up smirkymonkey May 2013 #48

I applaud them as well! BrotherIvan May 2013 #49

These boys will be considered "catches" some day. smirkymonkey May 2013 #50

That was very good. Thank you. Luminous Animal May 2013 #7

Yup- this stuff starts early. bettyellen May 2013 #8

i had an experience like this undergroundpanther May 2013 #9

probably because she was glad you gave that boy what he deserved, and this was the only way she knew BlancheSplanchnik May 2013 #22

My son attended an all day preschool. He tended to be too aggressive. I have always been grateful s-cubed May 2013 #11

excusing bad behavior no matter the gender should not be tolerated. preSCHOOL Tuesday Afternoon May 2013 #13

hear, hear! defacto7 May 2013 #26

my daughters have no patience for these behaviors sigmasix May 2013 #35

That's what I say! defacto7 May 2013 #36

The problem is daybranch May 2013 #14

But I'll bet Ms. Toad May 2013 #23

When I was growing up, little girls behaving aggressively toward other kids were called unladylike. Heidi May 2013 #29

Yep - Ms. Toad May 2013 #33

And in this way, many girls (of my generation, anyway) learned Heidi May 2013 #34

That is a huge problem. Little Johnnie/Suzie is just a perfect little angel! Behind the Aegis May 2013 #31

His parents are going to be sorry Incitatus May 2013 #15

I have a couple of examples in my own family Quantess May 2013 #37

Yes. He'll become President of the United States. burnodo May 2013 #39

I don't understand why the girl's mom snot May 2013 #19

i don't understand why you're the only one who asked that question. HiPointDem May 2013 #43

I can hardly describe how ANGRY this kind of parenting makes me. BlancheSplanchnik May 2013 #20

back when my girl was little Whisp May 2013 #21

And here is the secret of America DonCoquixote May 2013 #24

I wish people would face up undergroundpanther May 2013 #30

I'd like to throw in a twist... defacto7 May 2013 #28

When I was a toddler I would knock down my brother's block buildings. JVS May 2013 #32

This is a complicated problem, but I do think that the "boys will be boys" meme SheilaT May 2013 #38

I'd say not even an acceptance of that, but actually an encouragement of it Posteritatis May 2013 #40

Of course! SheilaT May 2013 #46

Absolutely. (nt) Posteritatis May 2013 #47

Yes, it's a mess. sibelian May 2013 #41

Ignorant, bullying behavior HappyMe May 2013 #42

While I think the genders could be reversed, Just Saying May 2013 #51