to be totally bored hearing this same old trite trotted out

[curryfreak]

Get this all the time from parents of boys.
How difficult they are, how much more of a handful they can be in relation to girls, how much they eat in comparision to girls ffs,- who cares.
The one though, that has been in vogue for a while,(courtesy of daily mail headlines and the like) is how terrible boys are faring in the education system, and how these dreadful female teachers are feminising the poor little mites,- how they have no male role models, because there are so few male teachers (particularly in primary schools)
Yawn yawn yawn...
Simple facts are girls have been on the backfoot for years. Nobody gave a toss, when they were lagging behind educationally, and in some cases activly discourgaed from taking subjects which were considered male dominated.
Boys are having to wake up to the fact that their sense of entitlement is no longer acceptable.
So, thoughts.

Ah bless. 'frothing'All this antagonism will really keep me awake tonight:-)
Will gladly fark off now Juliet. Toodle pip.

And I'd rather define myself as a mother, not specifically as a mother-of-boys.

Anyway, anyone fancy a ? I have some party rings...

Op, were you Lucia39 in a previous life?

What an interesting, well-informed discussion. Curryfreak, you must be so disappointed.

best threads are the digressions from inane op to livelier discussion

My ds is at a single sex school so he doesn't mix with girls on a daily basis. There are also quite a few male teachers. Our only experience is when we go to parties or visit friends with girls. Generally the girls sit and play and the boys like to run around. My ideal would be for ds to be a dd up to the age of 10 and then turn into a ds for the teenage years.

Younger boys are hard work but overall I'll stick with boys as teenage girls are (mostly) a complete nightmare.

Curryfreak, I think Mothers (of either sex)are just sensitive when their children are attacked for their behaviour/sense of entitlement whatever.
You obviously have an axe to grind as a Mother of girls.
In fact, I think I remember you from your past name where you inferred that only boys would grow up into paedophiles (apologies if this is not you), obviously recent events has blasted that lovely little theory out of the water. You had some fabulous views on that one iirc. I am surprised you could even conceive with a filthy male.

i love men.just not all at the same time.

Op, were you Lucia39 in a previous life?

Could be gorionine, but Lucia was very fond of writing "quote" , "unquote", remember ?

BTW, I must inform my DS1 that he seems to be a girl. He has never had problems sitting still, dislikes most sports, and is doing very well at school. He is even able to discuss emotional issues.

True Jamieandhismgictorch, note been much quoting on this one!

i can never recall who says what.recall gist of threads just not actual posters

Isn't it odd, I hear the exact opposite from the OP where I am.

Everyone comments repeatedly on how much more work girls are and how much simpler boys are.

To be fair of the children I know personally this is true (and yes I am aware that it is stereotyping).

I just run the legs off the boy everyday before school, that way he is quite capable of sitting still until lunchtime, when he does some more running to get him through to the afternoon. Then we go to the park so he can run some more and be human of an evening.

Luckily DS's school was chosen because it is known as a good school for little boys (not too much sitting), but I am aware that we are rather privileged to have been able to make that choice.

I've never met any mothers of boys who go on about how much harder they are (I have met mothers of girls who do!). I've personally noticed that the primary school teachers (particularly in early years) I've met recently go to special effort to make sure that boys ways of learning and exploring are also encouraged and respected - so maybe we'll start to see the positive results of that shift in attitude as these little boys get to secondary education.

OP, you sound either bitter or bored - maybe both. I do feel a bit of pity for you, tbh.

ps: it's 'tripe' not 'trite'...

Boys aren't difficult!
Energetic for sure but so much less complicated than girls.

Kids continue to be a product of nature and nurture - have two boys who have similarities and differences. But have worked in all girl environments. In very general terms Girls can be gobby - hold grudges, plan ahead and have have better concentration etc. Boys more physical & immediate. Girls have traditionally done better at GCSE, even before coursework, because at 16 they are more mature can see the point of what they are doing. Boys tend to revise the night before and don't worry cos they can resit. At A level boys have always done better, as they have done at degree level, first jobs and salaries.

YABU, i have noticed a lot of anti male sentiments in the media and some of the discussion threads on here, it is happening and hsould not be tolerated just as it would not be tolerated with girls. I do think that some of the DM articles do speak a lot of sense, some are crap

I have also heard wonderful things from people about boys, that boys are easier than girls less bitchy, very straight down the line, what you see is what you get.

"i love men.just not all at the same time."

Belle du jour? Is that you?

Love my boys bits - tiny little bits... No they are lovely. Warm affectionate, straight-up - even the teenager. My sis's teenage daughters are grumpy, brooding, pouty-shouty door bangers - but so is she!!

However,Both sexes have their good and bad points its not right to put down one over the other, at the moment my 2.8 year dd still only young, is a kind, affectionate,loving littler girl but who know in 10 years time lol

This OP is based on making sweeping generalisations about the sexes which I think is unrealisitic and unfair. Not all boys/girls fit gender stereotypes and the important thing should be to treat all children as individuals and try and meet their educational and social needs on the basis of their individual and specific needs not on whether they possess XX or XY chromosomes.

Does annoy the hell out of me though that they want to merge the girls and boys school locally because the boys perform better when girls are around.
There's evidence the girls could do without the boys and they perform better in a single sex envirnoment.

I'm pregnant and from what I have heard from mothers of sons I can't say I'd be over the moon to get one, although mine will of course be as gay as a maypole with three older sisters dressing him up