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<blockquote data-quote="Nomad" data-source="post: 509262"><p>I'm enjoying the responses. Thank you! </p><p></p><p>I have a boy and a girl and the girl is the difficult child. So, I know my views for difficult children or easy child/general kids might be jaded. However, when I look at my friends, particularly my friend with three children (all easy child), the two girls went through real big DRAMA phases for about a year during the teen years. He (the male) was an active little boy, but rarely, if ever, got into any trouble.</p><p></p><p>I do counseling work with young people, and there are many more MALES where the request has been made by parent or teacher for counseling. It is a MUCH higher percentage. </p><p></p><p>When I think of it, boy or girl, when it comes to my friends with easy child kids, a few had kids who rarely got into ANY trouble and a few had kids who went through phases of "stuff." But these phases usually lasted six months to a year (maximum) and then "poof" it was over. So NOT like having a REAL difficult child.</p><p></p><p>I do wonder if society is easier on girls ???? Or if girls, since they mature faster than boys, are able to get it together faster and therefore avoid more serious trouble later on. I do think boys have LOTS of pressure placed on them. </p><p></p><p>I think questions one and two might be influenced a lot by personal experience. ???? However, question number three...it seems to me that more males are arrested and get into the more serious difficult child problems...more prone to violence, etc.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nomad, post: 509262"] I'm enjoying the responses. Thank you! I have a boy and a girl and the girl is the difficult child. So, I know my views for difficult children or easy child/general kids might be jaded. However, when I look at my friends, particularly my friend with three children (all easy child), the two girls went through real big DRAMA phases for about a year during the teen years. He (the male) was an active little boy, but rarely, if ever, got into any trouble. I do counseling work with young people, and there are many more MALES where the request has been made by parent or teacher for counseling. It is a MUCH higher percentage. When I think of it, boy or girl, when it comes to my friends with easy child kids, a few had kids who rarely got into ANY trouble and a few had kids who went through phases of "stuff." But these phases usually lasted six months to a year (maximum) and then "poof" it was over. So NOT like having a REAL difficult child. I do wonder if society is easier on girls ???? Or if girls, since they mature faster than boys, are able to get it together faster and therefore avoid more serious trouble later on. I do think boys have LOTS of pressure placed on them. I think questions one and two might be influenced a lot by personal experience. ???? However, question number three...it seems to me that more males are arrested and get into the more serious difficult child problems...more prone to violence, etc. [/QUOTE]
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