I have an 8 year old daughter who is awesome, caring, kind, etc and i hope my son, now 5 months old will be like that 2. but i have heard boys are rough, hit...but i think it depends, if i raise him right and like i did my daughter so far, he won't be such a boy. what do you think? and what is your boy like?
2006-07-01 07:12:52 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Parenting
how hard is it to potty train boys? is it easier for them to learn from their fathers or it really does not matter? and i also heard boy take longer to train?!
2006-07-01 07:43:34 · update #1
do i need to buy them toliet targets for him? they did not work on my daughter but a sticker potty chart did! Yes, he is only 5 months old and i have gut a long way to go but just trying to learn
2006-07-01 07:44:54 · update #2
What's wrong with being such a boy he is a boy. Sons are very special in there own right. My son is ten and has a heart of Gold. He thinks very carefully before he'll do anything. Sometimes too much and he talks himself out of trying new things. I have to push him to do things I know he'll love.He would never intentionally hurt anyone or anything (except his sister). My daughter is the one who you have to watch. She's a sweet little angle who claims to be innocent when there's any trouble. She's 6 and is the daring of the two. She acts before she thinks,she always has. If I watch them playing together and there's any hitting going on you can watch and it's her that has thrown the first punch. She's fiesty and doesn't take her punishments lying down. Maybe it has something to do with the birth order. Just remember not to compare them because they are there own people. Just remember it's not always the little boys you have to watch.
2006-07-01 07:28:06 · answer #1 · answered by wishorstish 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have been raising my son almost exactly how I raised my daughter. She is now almost 8 and he is 3. He is very rough and does hit a lot more than she did, and I don't know if it's just that he is a boy or if he is more violent in his personality. Now I have been told by some "professionals" that you can not parent children the same, and that my laid back attitude worked for my daughter but is making my son insecure which is why he is acting out. I have no idea if this stuff is true, but I do see that the style I used on my girl is not working the same on my boy. I think it comes down to personality as well as how you raise them. Of course, I do not believe that boys and girls are exactly the same and that we are all products of gender conditioning. I think boys may be naturally a little rougher than girls, but hopefully it won't be really bad. He is really affectionate, though, and is always chasing me down to kiss me, whereas I have to go find my daughter for a hug. Good luck.
2006-07-01 14:18:01 · answer #2 · answered by advicemom 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have a wonderful 9 year old who was potty trained very easily before he was 2, however I have a 3 year old that was very difficult to potty train he just barley got completely potty trained. I don't think it matters who teaches them the mom or the dad or older siblings it just depends on the kid. I have a 41/2 month old boy and can only imagine what it will be like potty training him.
2006-07-01 17:56:17 · answer #3 · answered by ♥ to ...... 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
man my step daughter to be is like the boy you described and shes only 2... my suggestion, raise him to be a good caring person, and all boys have a lil rough side in em girls do too boys are just more prone to answering it... and if my boy cousins are anything to go by a good family background with love and understanding will keep them on the right track and if they are a lil rough and over energetic as young boys they will still grow up to be respectable men
2006-07-01 14:17:58 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Boys ARE tougher to raise. It is not a nurture thing, it is a nature thing. Genetically men are pre-disposed to be more physical and that manifests itself before understanding what force is.
You will hopefully raise your child in the same manner as you did with your daughter, but YOU WILL have to deal with his XY traits.
I am not trying to be a rabble rouser, I am merely stating what I have seen on more than one occasion and read in more than a few parenting books.
As you already know, patience needs to go a long way.
TFTP
2006-07-01 14:18:55 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You better change your attitude about his being "such a boy" unless you want a sissy on your hands. Boys can be kind and caring, too, but they are usually much more active than girls. You need some parenting help.
2006-07-01 14:16:01 · answer #6 · answered by notyou311 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have one son, and three daughters, and my son is very loving and kind hearted, much more so than my daughters. My mom had me (a girl) and a boy. She often said that it was her experience he was a little slower at learning, but much more affectionate as a child than I was. And sons tend to attach deeper to their moms than their dads.
Boys are messier than girls, and play a little rough, but my son is certainly more loving than my girls are. Congrats on the new baby boy!
2006-07-01 14:17:08 · answer #7 · answered by sweetie_baby 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
actually i don't have a kid, but i can say that environment really matters. If u will be his good friend, prevent him from bad company and raise him in an appropriate environment, he would be better than other boys, But then, boys will be boys.
by the way, congrats.
2006-07-01 14:18:10 · answer #8 · answered by Jas 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
boys tend to be slower then girls at developing at first. i know one little boy who is three now but even when he was little he used to be quiet and didnt play so roughtly. i guess its just how you raise them because other boys act like animals lol.
2006-07-01 14:19:02 · answer #9 · answered by topi5389 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ask for your daugter's help......always teach your son to follow the good things of his sis.
2006-07-01 14:25:23 · answer #10 · answered by op 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋