Do you think boys or girls are harder to raise?

Question

I have 4 boys, so I can't truly compare...give your thoughts.

Answer 1

I find that they are balancing. Boys are far harder the first ten years of life. As they get accustomed to handling testosterone, they break things, fight, yell, argue, and can be generally destructive. However during their teenage years they are laid back, fairly open and straightforward, and are easier to get along with.
Girls are great the first ten years. Little princesses roaming around smiling...sometimes mischievious but mostly content to play, learn, and smile......then comes the teenage years. One day I'm going to make a horror movie titled "The Teenage Daughter". Just the name of the movie is so horrifying that parents everywhere will shiver and quake in terror. So pick your poison....you're going to have a rough ten years somewhere....

Answer 2

Where did the stereo type of boys being lazy, smelling bad or being slower come from? I have a little boy who is not only very bright and doesn't smell, he also loves to help around the house and do things. He's also 14 months old and potty training all ready on his own interest level and doing well with it. I think sterotyping or gender-typing children into things because "their a boy they will be slow and bad at this" or "girls are smarter and nicer" etc... is a bunch of hooey. It all comes down to their genetic personality and how they are raised by what you expect and accept in their behavior. If you raise a child with no expectations other than mediocracy or "do what you feel" laziness then expect to get that out of a child. If you raise them with more expectations of being better and doing their best, expect it in return. I've been around enough children, including my own, to know there are some girls that are easy going and very bright and down to earth (as well as boys on that same level) and then there were others that were just completely impossible to deal with because they didn't care, wouldn't try or that were apathetic to everything.

Answer 3

I have three boys that I birthed, a stepdaughter and two foster daughters. The three girls are 19,19 and 18 now. The boys are soon to be 14 12 and 7. So lets think back.

The girls- more cloths, more mood swings, boy troubles, lots of talking, female issues, the sex talk, easier for me to explain things to because i am female, cost more due to female issues.

the boys- more shoes, girl troubles, still talk alot, mood swings (puberty, yuck!), the sex talk which I am having a hard time with, (time for daddy!), want more video games and stuff like bikes and such

So it about comes out even I think.
I dont see my girls being any harder than my boys. Of course the boys are not as old as the girls yet, and the girls were not mine from birth and two of them had issues that I had to deal with, them being foster kids and all. They have some of the same issues and even when the issues are different they consume much of the same time and expense.
In the end its all about how you look at it. Children are all different doesnt matter on their gender, my middle son was harder to potty train than my oldest or youngest. My youngest girl got into more trouble than the two oldest, but all of the kids have and are proving to be good kids. I wouldnt change a thing about any of them or how any of them turned out, even when we spent nights worrying or days aruging.

Answer 4

Well me and you are just opposites. I have 5 girls and though I've never had one myself, I know boys are 10x easier to raise. Sure they can be loud, not listen at times etc but my girls...I love them to death...but the whining, crying, being mean to each other, being hard to entertain, moodyness, puberty, potty training, drama, boyfriends.Ages 11-13 for my four oldest girls were torture. My youngest is none of those things about and very easy going. There were times when I would look at my husband and go "Why! WHY DID WE HAVE 5!? Why didn't someone stop us?!" and times when I wish the moment would last forever.
They're now 21, 18, 17, 15 & 12 and are wonderful young women. They make me smile, laugh until I cry, scream until I'm blue in the face and a million other things, but they were no piece of cake.
Best wishes

Answer 5

I think boys are harder to raise when they are younger, but I will gladly put up with that so I wouldn't have to raise teen-age girls.

I read once in Money magazine that from birth to marriage, a parent will spend 3 times more money on a girl than a boy.

Answer 6

I'd have to say girls are harder to raise. My daughter is just 3 1/2, but she's already given me such a hard time along the way and she's so sensitive! My son just turned 1 and so far he's been a breeze compared to my daughter- I love them both the same though :)

Answer 7

I personally think boys are easier to raise. Though I only have boys, so I'm not 100%. I think it also depends on the child. Some girls are mild and easy going, while some boys are devilish and will make you want to pull your hair out and vice versa. I really think it's all about the child and not the gender.

Answer 8

I'm a girl, and when i have children when i'm older, i would prefer boys. I know that my girls will most likely be like me which is expensive lol, girly girls, and daddy's girls. Plus girls get attitudes and are snappy and are overall harder to raise especially when they hit puberty, so i'd rather have the boys even though they get messy and are harder to potty train (so i've heard).

Answer 9

I had three boys and one girl. The boys were FAR EASIER to raise than the girl ... although my daughter was a 'breeze' when it came to 'toilet training' because she was 2-1/2 when her little brother was born, and had two older brothers ... she was 'in diapers' and decided she wanted to be a 'big kid' like the older ones, and not a 'baby' like the youngest ... I bought her some new 'regular girl panties' and she put them on ... totally trained in an instant. But since ALL of my kids 'trained' as easily, I don't think that had as much to do with 'gender' as most people assume.

Answer 10

I have one stepson and two wee daughters. My one sister has two boys, 11 and 9-the other has two girls, 11 and 8. These kids are the basis of my opinion that so far (before any one of them have hit the teen years) girls are easier. Both my daughters and neices are much calmer, mosre secure, better listeners, more caring and more thoughtful than my stepson and nephews.

I suspect this could change as puberty looms!