why is it hard to like other people’s boy children

No, I definitely don't have issues bonding with boys. I have 3 sons and love having their friends round, so polite and respectful. All they want is food, drinks, football and games!. Love those kids xx

I bet your kids are an absolute nightmare 😂😂

The tone of all of these replies does really give weight to op’s point tbh. Instead of reflecting on how some boys are brought up to become the shit men many of us know, there’s no debate or conversation here, just a refusal to believe that your sweet prince might just not be quite that.

I agree there a likeable and non likeable kids across both sexes. But it’s always the boys who turn into the men that cause so many of the problems for women. If you have a boy child you need to be cognisant of that. Not blind to it

What the hell are we meant to 'tackle as a society'?

Weird girl mums?

The hell did I just read.

Yup, OP does seem to be the common denominator here.

Sounds like you are a bitter “girls mum” utterly obsessed with your daughters and don’t give the time of day to anyone or anything else. Such unlikeable behaviour

My son’s male friends all are delightful, and I noticed during their teenage years how much more chatty and appreciative they were compared to his female friends.

This is not a generalisation though, it depends entirely on the personality of the individual and how they have been raised.

I also loathe these unfair boy bashing threads.

Nailed it

I think you have a issue maybe ? I have girls myself and nephews and a sort son too and have no issues bonding with them . Get help

I do get what you mean. I have a good friend of a boy child and she treats him like the second coming. The girl children have to bend around him to avoid him becoming upset or feeling left out. It’s teaching boys early on that they’re the priority

Maybe you are a wimpy people pleaser and the boys sense that.
Maybe you need to develop a bit of authority

You sound very biased OP. I think if you had boys yourself you’d feel very differently.

Perfect response 👏

You’d find my boys absolutely delightful OP. You should change your title to “why is it hard FOR ME to like the very few boys I know”

Boy mum here and I typically have a house full of their friends, all of whom are polite, well mannered, kind and considerate.
I much prefer them over girls however much I love my nieces.
Boys are sweet uncomplicated creatures for the most part, food, fresh air and exercise means that they stay that way…
Girls can be complicated and sometimes mean!
I think it’s you that doesn’t like boys because of your preconceived ideas…

Oh, I don't know, I guess it must be because girls are just so great. Especially your girls.

You are the problem. Not the boys.

Ok I'll bite.
Your OP seemed more about disliking boy's personality, later posts more about falling to do chores. These are two separate issues. The second is about parenting and upbringing but the first is not.
Boys are different to girls in many ways and it does them no good to pretend otherwise. The things you love in your DH and the men in your life that are masculine are often different from the things you love about girls and women.

Agree. I’m a mother to boys and I like them very much, not just love them. All throughout their childhoods my friends, and their teachers, always complimented me on what lovely boys they were. I shall take all the credit as their single mum 😊

I'm 60% convinced this is a troll post.

I have one of each. My daughter is more of a princess, but both are lovely, polite kids. Raised the same.

Society spoils my daughter more (more compliments, kinder, more pleasant interactions from strangers). Boys tend to be ignored once grown out of the toddler stage.

One way to tackle it would be perhaps to stop blaming women/mothers for how men turn out.

The Patriarchy. They were a 90s band werenthey?

I think that there is an important question to be raised about how we parent boys and the influences around them including, but not limited to, social media. Partly because of the epidemic of VAWG but also because of the sadly high rates of suicide and mental health issues in young men. There is something that, at a societal level, isn’t working there. Of course, at an individual level, boys are often wonderful (my DS is) but we do have to recognise that there is something badly wrong somewhere.

Mother of DDs here. FWIW I am in my early sixties and found young pre school boys a bit more delicate and needy than the toddler equivalent in my extended family. From about six to early twenties, I have found them exactly the same tbh! Once past twenty it is my nieces who keep in touch and my nephews rarely make contact.

Op you didn’t start a thread about the patriarchy, you’re just trying convert it into that now that you didn’t get the right responses.