Raising Girls is Easy
Who is easier to raise? Boys or girls?
I grew up in a house full of boys, and let me tell you – we were a handful.
Fastfoward to me being a father to a teen daughter and son, and wouldn’t you know -
It’s been far easier raising a girl.
Dad’s House appears on the Hot Dads blog today, where I explain why
I promise you don’t have to wear a tiara while you read the post. (My daughter is more of a tomboy.)
- A Father Watching His Daughter
- I Love Raising Teens
- Grey’s Anatomy – Okay For Teens?
- My Teen Daughter is Dating
- What a Dad Needs to Know About His Daughter
- When Parents Flip Out or Keep Their Cool – ABC News Interviews David Mott
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Comment by MindyMom
| May 29th, 2009
Ha! Easy. Please, YOU may have it easy but that does NOT mean girls are easy – far from it buddy. I left a comment on the other post for ya to explain. :)
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Comment by Mark
| May 29th, 2009
That was a fun post, thanks for sharing your perspective, don’t be surprised if it changes over the years.
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Comment by katherine.
| May 29th, 2009
you’ve got great kids…your and their mama are doing a great job…
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Comment by Cathouse Teri
| May 29th, 2009
I’ve heard that Earth Girls Are Easy. :)
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Comment by Sandra
| May 29th, 2009
Well, you are lucky that your daughter has been easy to raise.
My mom and dad told me I was a huge handful as a child and they are wishing I have a girl like me. They said my brother was the golden child compared to me.
Plus some of the parents I’ve talked to told me girls are way harder than boys.
I guess it just depends.
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Comment by The Lapsed Muse
| May 29th, 2009
Having a son and two daughters…and then being a daughter with two brothers, I would say it just depends.
I thought my son was easy. His father would say “not so”.
I think the girls test my patience. Their father would say “not really”.
My mother would tell you that all 3 of us drove her nuts. My brothers set fire to things too. I was, obviously, an angel in the fire department, but I imagine as the oldest child and only girl, I created some angst along the way. Child of the 70’s…I guess I did other things to upset. But I survived. Mostly on the wisdom that my Mom (and my Dad, who died before I hit the angst years) passed on to me. Even if she (or they) didn’t think I was paying attention. It seems I was.
And as I look at my oldest, sort of adult children, it seems they were listening too.
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Comment by The Lapsed Muse
| May 29th, 2009
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Comment by The Dadical
| May 29th, 2009
Girls are easier to raise than boys. No doubt about it. Testosterone is an evil, evil hormone. I have three boys, and I have to worry about things like teaching them to ride down waterfalls and even more scary, how to use a chainsaw.
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Comment by Cathy
| May 30th, 2009
I have to say it depends on the girl. I have two boys, have enjoyed the ease of raising them.
Give them a pair of jeans, T-shirts and a few manly things to do and they are good to go.
Most of my friends have girls and being around those girls over the years has made me very glad to be the mom of boys.
Of course, I am one day looking forward to having a granddaughter to do girly things with.
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Comment by MommaSunshine
| May 30th, 2009
I think it’s got less to do with the sex of the children and more to do with their individual personalities. You’re lucky that you’re having such an easy time with your daughter! :)
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Comment by Alicia
| May 30th, 2009
Wow – it sounds like your daughter has a great head on her shoulders. And she is probably above all the cattiness which you say is minimal, but believe me, I’m sure it is rampant and she is just above it all.
I think the old adage is true more often than not:
Daddy’s Girls and Momma’s Boys.
Which child was “easier” to raise??? I wonder what your ex’s answer/perspective to this question would be….
As a (single) mom, I’m soooooooooooo glad I was blessed with a son and not a daughter! Boys, for the most part, can be dressed in KMart clothes until college, they LOVE their mommas, they don’t desire and attract drama in their everyday life, and they are encouraged to be more independent from the start than girls, I would think.
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Comment by mariposa
| May 31st, 2009
Mine are too young to judge. I do know everyone warns me about the teenage years with girls, and say boys are harder when younger. I will decide when both are past 25, I think!
Good question. It depends also a lot on the personality of the child, their tendencies and how they are wired. As well as the point of view the parent chooses to take.
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Comment by Tishia Lee
| May 31st, 2009
I love my son dearly but OMG is he a handful! He’s 10 and I thought by now that he’d ‘calm’ down and not be such a handful but uhm no that hasn’t happened and I don’t see it happening anytime soon. LOL
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Comment by notasoccermom
| May 31st, 2009
My son was a piece of cake! my girls were also pretty easy but so much more drama and ‘boy trouble’
But It really depends on the environment and the genes. me thinks
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Comment by SingleParentPlus2
| June 1st, 2009
I commented on HotDads but, honestly, is thier any comparison?
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Comment by Elaine at Lipstickdaily
| June 1st, 2009
I was gonna say . . . just you wait! . . . but then I noticed she’s 17. Dude, you dodged a bullet!
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Comment by movin down the road
| June 1st, 2009
I commented over there at that blog on the post, too tired to repeat it and forgot to cut and paste. But it was a fun read!
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Comment by Toronto Mama
| June 1st, 2009
I really hope I get to be so blessed as you are with your girl. Thanks for sharing :)
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Comment by cyndi
| June 1st, 2009
HA! You didn’t have to raise me. I’ll take a rambunctious, handfull of boy over the emotional drama of a teenage girl anyday. But I’m glad there are folks out there ready and willing to take on the challenge. You go, Dad.
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Comment by used cars sioux falls
| June 4th, 2009
I beg to differ! Raising a girl for 14 years as a single mom is not a walk in the park. Teenage girls are nasty to each other!