tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1582779779517158955.post3342746488310343655..comments2022-03-26T09:13:44.493-04:00Comments on Feed All the Animals: Trying to Get DemotedUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1582779779517158955.post-42244359421459938942014-07-23T13:48:48.097-04:002014-07-23T13:48:48.097-04:00I remember reading somewhere, a long time ago, tha...I remember reading somewhere, a long time ago, that how we generally help girls and boys is counter to the help that they need. ie: societally-speaking, we push boys to do things on their own right away and overhelp girls when in fact, boys showed the need for more direct guidance and have better success while the opposite was true for girls.<br /><br />I don't know if this is actually true or if this was from skewed research (interesting, though), but ultimately, I agree with and like your approach - the individual one. Jacob wants to do it on his own, Ben still needs the scaffold. My mother-in-law, who used to work with pre-schoolers used to say, "No kid ever went to kindergarten in diapers" and she's right. Let's hope the same logic applies to future 25-year olds. :DProfeJMarie (Janet Rundquist)https://www.blogger.com/profile/10170953918491663287noreply@blogger.com