A lot of 5-year-old boys are not ready to sit still and be quiet. After a year of this, they have decided they don't like school, and once they decide they don't like school, it is very hard to change their minds. |
If you talk to many people in the Northeast and the West Coast, they don't believe in gender differences, and they are not interested in hearing about it. But I have found that in the South, there is a lot of interest. They have not made up their minds before you begin to talk. |
There's no such thing as a child; there are only boys and girls. Even if you present a 6-month-old male baby with a choice between a truck and doll, he's going to choose the truck. |
This phenomenon cuts across all demographics. You'll find it in families both rich and poor; black, white, Asian and Hispanic; urban, suburban and rural. According to the Census Bureau, fully one-third of young men ages 22 to 34 are still living at home with their parents ? a roughly 100 percent increase in the past 20 years. No such change has occurred with regard to young women. Why? |