In an article from the National Education Association, statistics that were included were:
- Teachers valued boys' comments more than girls' comments. Teachers responded to girls with a simple nod or an OK, but they praised, corrected, helped, and criticized boys.
- Boys were encouraged to solve problems on their own, but teachers helped girls who were stuck on problems.
Now, the argument against these contentions are based on various factors. It is understandable to consider these statements objective. However, if we think about this logically, without all the numbers, it does tend to happen. If we remember how our elementary and middle school classes went, from early on we can remember that boys were the rambunctious ones, girls were more calm. Now as a parent consider this next scenario: You have Sally and Billy sitting in the car on the way to the grocery. Sally, a bit more calm is compliant to your rules. Billy on the other hand, is screaming, running around the store, grabbing everything in sight. As a parent, what am I going to do? I'm going to use my energy and my time and inevitably focus on Billy and his behavior.
Let's just consider that one example, just one study. Yes it could have been Sally the rowdy one, the more energetic one. But stereotypically and more times than not, we often associate more rowdier behavior to males. All in all, stereotypes are not true in every case, but they do stem from the overall population.
So what are parents to do? Let's try to eliminate or even reduce the possibilities of this being the truth.
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