Parents want all their children, whether they are boys or girls, to be happy and successful. Yet a recent study of Internet search data suggests that American parents do in fact hold different expectations for their children based on sex.
Parents have higher expectations from their son, however surprisingly; various studies indicate that girls are more talented than boys by 11% (Gonchar 22). As a result, most of Americans parents ends up being disappointed by their sons. ... Parents also expect that their daughters will be pretty as compared to sons.
Seems the answer is a resounding yes according to a study by Netmums, “21% of mothers admitted they are harder on their daughters, while just 11.5% said they are strict with their sons.” More mothers have admitted to letting their sons get away with more than their daughters.
When parents are old, daughters become more responsible than sons. This is because before marriage they care of their own parents and after marriage they take care of their family. Hence the essence of responsibility never dies in daughters. Daughters are more understanding and tolerant when compared to sons.
Mothers are, the research shows, twice as likely to be more critical of their daughters than their sons, while over half admitted that they feel a stronger tie to their son than their daughter.
Whilst parents may not intend to treat sons and daughters differently, research shows that they do. Sons appear to get preferential treatment in that they receive more helpful praise, more time is invested in them, and their abilities are often thought of in higher regard.
“Parents treating their children differently is common in families, especially those with children from both genders. For example, mothers tend to have higher expectations from and be more critical of their daughters over their sons, according to a Netmums survey.
Studies have shown both mothers and fathers to have a preference for sons. But they conclude that, in the case of dads, it is often those who lack a daughter that prefer sons. Fathers that have both daughters and sons are most likely to favor the daughter, ardently wishing for a daughter in the next pregnancy.
Our mothers are typically jealous of us because they're dissatisfied with their own lives and struggle with low self-esteem. When a mom favors one daughter over another, it's often because the preferred daughter is more like she is. They share the same beliefs, have commons interests, and make similar life choices.
Since 1947, Americans have been consistently more likely to say raising boys is easier than raising girls, but by varying margins. When Gallup first asked this question in 1947, 42% of Americans named boys as easier to raise, 24% named girls and 24% volunteered that there was no difference.
More than one in five of the mums (22%) surveyed agreed with the statement that they let their sons get away with more, turning a blind eye to behaviour for which they would reprimand their girls. The poll found mothers were more likely to attribute positive personality traits to their sons than their daughters.
Fathers are going to want to prevent their daughters from failing. That also means they are going to want to shelter them from any bad attitudes and oppression that can surround being a female. We want to teach them to be as tough, smart, and hardworking as they can be.
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