amongst your friends who is considered easier- boys or girls?

[beclev24]

I'm talking about young children here. Where we live and amongst my friendship group, almost everyone I know believes that girls are 'easier'- they are generally more compliant, quieter etc etc whereas boys are much naughtier/ more active/ physical/ likely to wear you out etc. (I have boys and this generally chimes with what I see with them vs the girls that they know) Then I was talking to a friend who lives a long way away and she said where she lives people believe the complete opposite- that boys are much simpler / less full of drama etc etc. I was really surprised to see just how different the general perception was.

I know these things are stereotypes/ that kids are individuals etc etc. I'm not so interested in the reality of which is true- more in what the general perception is where you live/ in your friendship group about which sex is easier to raise? Or does no one talk about this at all?

My DD is easier than my DS. He pushes boundaries more than her.
But I am 100% certain that this is their personality and not their gender. My sister has a boy and a girl; her boy is more even tempered. My brother has a boy and a girl and they are both quite chill so imo it isn't gender, just personality.

Load of crap. It's all socialisation that does both boys and girls a huge disservice.

Boys are defiantly easier than girls.
My dd is more work than both my ds put together.

I would say here boys are perceived as being more full of energy, more physical, etc so harder from that perspective but easier as more compliant and passive.

Whereas the girls are perceived as being easier in terms of being a bit more mature and independent but harder in terms of being more feisty and stubborn.

Amongst people I know the opinion seems to be that girls are easier when they are younger and then get harder as they get older and the opposite for boys. I'm not convinced though and think its down to personality.