OK, since the other question I asked got moved I’ll start another thread. As a lesbian couple raising a son we run into questions that may be addressed quite differently in a straight relationship.
For example, how do you teach your son to be a compassionate child? What lessons can you pass on to others that have helped to teach him to be kind, thoughtful and compassionate?
Of course we believe in leading by example and do our best to do that, but it does seem apparent that there are ingrained differences between boys and girls at any age.
From his group of friends we’ve observed that boys are rougher and louder and more likely to want to squish bugs, destroy things and be directive. Girls are more likely to draw a picture of the bug or run away in pretend fear, and to manipulate subtly rather than be outright directive.
Boys seem to react to encounters with resistance Girls do too, but girls express that resistance by tears, boys often lash out.
I’m trying not to cast stereotypes but they rear their ugly heads every time I turn around.
For example, how do you teach your son to be a compassionate child? What lessons can you pass on to others that have helped to teach him to be kind, thoughtful and compassionate?
Of course we believe in leading by example and do our best to do that, but it does seem apparent that there are ingrained differences between boys and girls at any age.
From his group of friends we’ve observed that boys are rougher and louder and more likely to want to squish bugs, destroy things and be directive. Girls are more likely to draw a picture of the bug or run away in pretend fear, and to manipulate subtly rather than be outright directive.
Boys seem to react to encounters with resistance Girls do too, but girls express that resistance by tears, boys often lash out.
I’m trying not to cast stereotypes but they rear their ugly heads every time I turn around.
