<p>That in the threads complaining about children off at college and their “romantic lives”, they are all parents complaining about * girlfriends?*
Not one thread, in the parents cafe or forum that is currently active is complaining about a boyfriend.</p>
<p>I just found that interesting.
Personally, I don’t really want to know about my childs sex life.
I don’t think it is much of my business. We have a fairly good relationship, and she will tell me things about her friends, and I have met most of her college friends- or many anyway, but I know that she will make good choices- certainly she already has made better choices than I did at her age.
I know that my personal observations has been that parents in general are more critical of their sons entanglements, than they are of their daughters- when actually you would think it would be the other way around.
The daughters are the ones who are more likely to be studious, at least going by high school boys and girls. Girls are more at risk for sexual/assault,and STDs.( because of physiology, not propensity for careless behavior) Girls are the ones who are at risk for pregnancy, which could disrupt their whole future.</p>
<p>So parents who have both girls and boys- do you find yourself thinking differently about your kids?</p>