Raising KIds

United States
March 2, 2008 3:11pm CST
For those who have kids....Which do you hard to raise? Boys or Girls...I believe boys are, they have more energy and accident prone...They were harder to potty train... And for those who doesn't have kids yet. Which do you think would be the hardest?....
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@stephcjh (38473)
• United States
4 Mar 08
As for me, I only have a girl and she has been pretty hard for me to raise, especially in this day and age. I always wanted a boy though when I found out I was pregnant because I wanted to raise him to treat girls right. Alot of boys and men these days do not respect women and they do not respect their parents. Girls are just as bad at that these days also.
@stephcjh (38473)
• United States
4 Mar 08
You are welcome. Yeah. It is alot different these days from when we were growing up. Even some of our parents these days have had to make changes to adapt to the way society is these days also. The schools our kids go to have changed for the worse also and that doesn't help when raising them now either.
• United States
4 Mar 08
I know where your coming from...Not many kids do respect the parents or their elders..So I agree this is probably equal these days..All kids are hard to raise...Thanks for your response...
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@roniroxas (10559)
• Philippines
2 Mar 08
i have four children a boy and 3 girls. my oldest who is a boy has primary complex so he is not that energetic when he was a kid so i did not experience the energetic and accident prone part when he was that young. when it comes to potty train they are all very patient with me and so me to them as well. now they are all teens and i think boys are much harder to handle. i am a single mom and he is not rebelious but sometimes over estimates hiself. he thinks he knows always what to do and knows what is okay for him then he will realize that it was not a good thing to do. we have a lot of disagreement but he always realize that what i was doing is just guiding him and whats the best for him. the girls are more vocal. they say what they want to say and ask too many questions. sometimes i wonder, if i have a father figure at home will my son still be acting like that or not?
@roniroxas (10559)
• Philippines
3 Mar 08
good for you. i think i need to find a good father figure for my child. lol. well he is a good kid but sometimes feels very confident. last saturday he went to a drawing contest he left the house very confident that he knows what to do. i am not that good in drawing but i am giving him some guidelines and he is blocking it. well he went home and said "you know mom.... you are right..." lol
• United States
2 Mar 08
My boys went without a father in thier lives for 2 years...I can now tell a difference that their father is back...So yeah sometimes boys need a father figure.
@winterose (39887)
• Canada
2 Mar 08
i always thought boys would be for those reasons, and they could get into trouble with the law, I never had girls, but you have to worry about their reputation and getting pregnant as well
• United States
2 Mar 08
Amen to that. I dreaded when my girls started dating...Thank God they were both over 18 when they got pregnant...
@cher913 (25782)
• Canada
2 Mar 08
i have to agree with you, to a point because boys have way more energy, but the payback is when girls become teenagers...as some one so aptly put, they have periods, thus mood swings and get stinky attitudes (i have a 15 year old!)
• United States
2 Mar 08
LOL...mine had an attitude all the time....I have a son that can out do her though...Attitude about everything...
@mummymo (23706)
2 Mar 08
Oh I definitely think girls are harder! Boys will go along with what you say as long as you put it to them in the right way , girls have minds of their own, question everything and are so determined! lol i have definitely found my daughter harder in her first 6 years than my son was at that age! xxx
• United States
2 Mar 08
I have found I could reason with my daughters easier than my boys...I always hear but Johnnys parents said it was alright....Or but Larry gets to go...Drives me crazy
@dangnabit67 (2021)
• United States
3 Mar 08
Im a mom of two teens. My daughter is 15 and my son is 13. Girls will drive you insane with their chatter about so and so did this that and the other and I'm going to kick there azz-gotta look a certain way, have certain things or they will just die if they dont, and agrue till you want to pull your hair out. Boys are lazy and could care less-lol My son is an angel-LOL
• United States
3 Mar 08
Its been along time since potty training but what I do recall my daughter hated to sit on the potty. My son went with dad and learned quick.
@aretha (2538)
• United States
3 Mar 08
well i can't really say,i have 3 boys and no girls. but i do have some close friends and cuz that have girls and my boys just seem so much easier. as far as potty training i think it all depends on the kid. my oldest was 18 months old and potty trained now my middle son was 3 before he was potty trianed and up until about a month ago he would have a fit if we left the house with out a pull up. he now is totally out of diapers other then at night i still put a pull up on him. my youngest is only 1 so i am not sure how he is gonna do. but just from having my 3 boys and being around alot of girls i think i would say my boys are easier.
@terri0824 (4991)
• United States
3 Mar 08
Well, I had two daughters. For me it wasn't an easy task since I was a single parent. I'm not sure if boys or girls are tougher, since I only had the girls, so I don't have anything to compare.
@littleone3 (2063)
3 Mar 08
In my exprience i found it is girls i have four boys and one girl and my daughter is deifintly harder to raise as she seems constantly on the go from the moment she wakes up to the moment she goes to bed. She is constantly fighting with her older brother. So i have to say girls.
@Deea48 (1166)
• United States
3 Mar 08
Well I had 2 boys and one girl, my daughter was more work then both them boys put together. Man she was a handful , even today married , there is much more dramma ect... for her. My boys are just focused on getting a head in life schooling ect... Trying to find their way in the world.
• United States
3 Mar 08
I have a daughter. I wanted a boy badly though. Looking back Im glad I had a girl. Most all my friends have had boys and they are definately harder to raise. They are way more active and whiny then my daughter ever was and almost all them are still not potty trained and my daughter was potty trained a long time ago. I mean shes not perfect but comparing her acts to all the boys I know shes definately easier to handle.