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Boys and girls are different, which can make raising them a challenge. Jim Daly shares how to adapt your parenting style to accommodate differences between your sons and daughters.
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Focus on the Family Commentary — Boys and Girls Are Different. Machine-transcribed; use the interactive transcript above to jump the player to any line.
A lot of people think boys and girls are essentially the same. That belief usually changes as soon as they have children of their own. One night my wife and I had some friends over for dinner. They had two girls who were at home with a babysitter. We had our two boys with us. Apparently our friends hadn't been around very many young boys. Their eyes were wide most of the night as my boys played around the house, and you know what that means. Our boys were full of energy as usual. They were laughing, chasing each other, wrestling, shooting one another with rubber band guns. They were respectful to our guests of course, but they were also having a great time. At one point our friends asked us, is this what having boys is like? Is it normal for them to have this much energy? My wife and I both said, oh yeah, Trent and Troy are all boy. Our friends said, wow, this is really different from our girls. They just kind of want to sit and talk sometimes if not most of the time. Every parent discovers the same thing, boys and girls are different. They don't play the same, they don't think the same.
That's important to know if you've got at least one boy and one girl at home. Adapt your parenting to match the differences between your sons and daughters. If your boys have a lot of energy, do something that taps into that. If your daughters want to sit and talk, take off your shoes and stay awhile. Connect with your sons and daughters in ways that breathe life into their souls. To help your children thrive, visit FocusOnTheFamily.com. I'm Jim Daily.
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