Boys and Girls

In a video I had to watch for class this week, a statement was made that definitely rubbed me wrong. The very feminist woman firmly declared, "We desperately need to raise our sons more like we raise our daughters." This doesn't make any sense to me at all! In my opinion, you can't even raise two children of the same gender alike, so how would you do it with two different genders?? Males and females are different, but can share similar interests. I think that both should get equal opportunities to do things that are considered to be "gender specific activities" to the opposite sex, if desired. The best way to raise children is to make sure they are well-rounded and get the chance to try a little bit of everything such as indoor housework, outdoor housework, sports, musical activities, mechanical activities, artistic activities, etc. Before this class, I never thought of how the number of siblings, genders of siblings, and where you fall in the family line (kid #2,5,6, etc) would affect the roles we play and the opportunities we get to have. I was blessed with an advantage because I have 4 brothers right around my age, and two little sisters. So I learned to be rough and tumble (more male-typical) and caring and understanding (more female typical), as well as doing all sorts of activities with boys and girls. Everyone is born into different situations, but hopefully can all become well-rounded individuals!