SWC16WK32| Raising Boys And Girls

Good day beautiful people of this community, it's a new week and it comes with a very interesting topic from steem for ladies on the theme: Should boys and girls be raised in the same way?. I will say a lot about it even though I'm not a mother yet.

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^{Photo from my phone gallery, my beautiful nieces}

As a proud aunty to many kids in my family, I will say that there's a very big difference in raising a boy child and a girl child in some ways.

In a world where so many crazy things are happening, you will wake up and see a boy child start behaving like a girl, I have one in the compound I'm leaving presently. A boy of 7 years old always wanting to wear her elder sister's cloth of 11 years, what annoys me most is, the mother not seeing anything wrong with his behavior, all she will say is that, right from infant the boy wanted to be a girl that is why he likes doing girls stuff, even when he wants to urinate he will squot down to pee (smile).

^{Photo from my phone gallery, I and my nephew of 11years}

When it comes to doing domestic chores in the house, I think this is where we don't need to select chores for the gender, like saying, boys don't cook or help in the kitchen, this is very wrong because it will affect them sooner or later. They both gender need to know this skill, they have to be domesticated.

When it comes to arranging the house and keeping it tidy, it shouldn't be girl's duty only. Boys also can do that even more than the way girls does, parent and guardians need to teach their children this and also make them understand that there's no no gender-based duty when it comes to doing house chores.

In the school environment, boys are being treated as superior than girls especially in the classroom, you will see boys being placed at the back of the classroom while the girls sit on the front row. When it comes to physical activities too, like games, coach will now choose what games a boy have to play and the one girl have to play. This is not proper, children are to be allowed to be free in choosing what their mind likes and not imposing it on them all in that name of "the are boys".

The education that is to be given to boys and girls has to be the same and equal, in terms of principles and values. What should matter most is to teach them how to discern good from bad.

^{Photo from my phone gallery, I and my brother's daughters}

In the government of now a days, ladies are taking the lead, 35% right are given to women in government. So we have to disregard that idea of men are the only ones to rule, we have pass the olden days arrears, the world is evolving, we are no longer in olden days were rigidity in leadership set a tone. Train your children both male and female to know that every one of them have equal right to lead irrespective of their gender.

I normally heard people say that boys are lovers of blue colors while girls like pink colors, I don't believe that because presently males now opt for color blocking, I mean they like multiple color combinations, something that supposed to be done by girls. There's one of my girlfriend that is in love with black color, which is a very weird thing.

In this case parents are to allow their children make choices of the color their eyes fancy and not making them feel they are only entitled to one color as a boy, which is blue color.

^{Photo from my phone gallery, my brother's son}

I know this is where there's a big difference, in Christianity nots are being taught and raised on how to value and protect a girl. In the church the boys are trained on to lead, like being the pastor, elder and other roles in the church since the society recognized the boys as the head of the home so they have to play the role of being a head in the church too.

• Dressing: There's also a difference in the pattern of dressing w boy child and a girl child. You can't start dressing your girl child with what boys wear especially when taking them to church, same goes to dressing boys, as a parent you don't dress your boy child with a girl's dress all in the name of making them equal, that is not accepted, let a child be a child except you have an interior motive of doing a transgender on them.

God made both male and female equal but with a different roles to perform, so if you train and empower a female child, do well to also train and empower a boy child, because we have some many untamed boys roaming the streets without a proper training.

I invite @vudeme123, @tripple-e and @ekemini01 to participate in this, success to all of us.