Girl Power!

A.S.A.P
Sun, 11 Mar 2007 14:07:04 +0000

WashDad-

You make a lot of good observations and points. Having both a son and a daughter, I’ve seen how each of them have been both helped and hurt by the very nature of their biology. Most boys do have a lot of obstacles to doing well in our classrooms that reward passive learning. At the same time, girls hit a wall when they have to face the trade-offs that come with childbearing. (Child rearing can be shared, but not the 1-2 years that come with carrying and nursing that baby to a point where they can be cared for by another loving caretaker, be it daddy, grandma, or nanny.)
I wish we would hear more about theses issues and have some public discourse that could help everyone.

Is it a wonder that so many of our boys drop out before graduating high school? Is it a wonder that we have so few talented women going into research or other demanding intellectual fields? Hardly.