I always thought that raising girls would be so much easier than boys. After all I’m a girl. My mother told me that girls were way harder than boys and I didn’t believe her. Boy do I now. Girls are so much more difficult than boys and there are a lot of different reasons for that. Girls tend to fight way more than boys ever do. I have no idea why but I can honestly say that my sister and I, to this day, fight and argue more than our brothers.
Girls can be mean too! They are ruthless when they want to be. I am convinced that if girls (women) fought our wars there would be fewer wars in the world. We know what other chicks are capable of. So how do I raise girls? By the seat of my pants that’s how. With the boys I have a clear set of rules that I use and apply. The girls are different in that sometimes they end up with the feelings hurt over the least little thing. I know…I know…I’ma girl too. So I know what I’m talking about.
Punishments are all the same regardless of the gender of the child. Each punishment of course depends on the wrong they did. I know saying punishments can be a bad thing but I promise I’m beating my kids or starving them or anything like that. Although if you ask them me taking away their television for a month makes the worst mother ever.
I wish there was a set of rules or guidelines somewhere but there isn’t. One thing I have learned about girls though is I can be creative in my punishments. If I take away the boys hair gadgets they don’t care. Take away the girls and it’s like the worst thing in the world. So that straightener that Victoria loves is typically the first thing that goes when she is in trouble.
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Thank you for sharing. I had 2 boys. And boys get into things I think more than girls.
Girls are tough to raise. Boys do get into more trouble it seems, but really they are more straight forward. Girls are tricky I agree. Hormones play havoc on girls!
You might want to add a “not” into the sentence about starving and beating the kids! 🙂
Honestly, I get it! When I imagined having kids I always imagined boys. I grew up with my little brother and younger boy cousins and know how to do that. When I was told our baby was going to be a girl and they were 99.99% sure I almost fainted. We already had boy names picked out and I had a room designed for a boy! Ha ha ha! The Lord works in mysterious ways! I can’t imagine not having a girl now, though. I adore it, even if it is the hardest thing I’ve ever done!
Raising girls is certainly different and harder than raising boys. I think girls now a days are a whole new breed than when we were younger. I do know that I have to get creative with punishments with my tween daughter because the things you think are punishments aren’t and vice versa.