Parenting boys versus parenting girls: Which is easier?

For some parents, it is a pleasure, while for some others, parenting is daunting. It is always a debatable question that who is easier to raise boys or girls? Family therapists say that boys and girls are both difficult in their own ways. Here are some reasons.

Ease of parenting depends on what you are looking for in your child. Further, the difficulty changes with the age of the child too. For example, when you are looking at discipline, it is easy to convince girls. Boys, generally, lack listening skills right from their birth. So, disciplining boys is harder.

Girls, on one hand, are less aggressive and keeping them safe is easier. Boys, on the other hand, are violent and harder to control and convince. Many parents find that boys find pleasure in risks and adventures. Girls need to be encouraged to take more risks while boys need encouragement to slow down.

Girls, being people oriented, naturally possess less self confidence and need constant motivation. Researchers say that girls are more insecure than boys. Girls try to please others more. In this process, they tend to push down them selves. Boys are more action oriented and are high on self-esteem and ego.

Girls are good at pictures, colors and textures. Girls are easier to communicate and taught at school. While boys don’t like in-door and academics based education. It is harder to send boys to school than girls.

In general, it looks like bringing up girls is easy in the early years, while bringing up boys is easier in pre-teens. I have a five year old boy. So, I feel parenting girls is easier.

What do you think? Out of your personal experience which one did you find easier and why? Please use the comments form below to share your parenting tips and thoughts with us.