I am sick of the "girl drama" posts. My girls are logical, calm human beings, just as my nephew is a loud, wild and impetuous human being. Stop with this sexist bullshit, moms.
posted June 14th, 2016 at 3:33pm in Toddler
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- my DH is so dramatic 6-14-2016 3:33pm
- I'm a card carrying, unapologetic, sometimes rabid feminist, but girls can have a pack mentality that boys don't. In middle school, at least.... 6-14-2016 3:34pm +6 likes, -2 dislikes
- its biological 6-14-2016 3:34pm
- op: OK, I guess my dds and their friends aren't really female?!? 6-14-2016 3:35pm
- no-- you have a mixture of luck and good parenting. But it is a pretty common occurrence. 6-14-2016 3:35pm
- np: no, it's behavioral. if you shut that shit down and have a zero tolerance policy, you can curb it at the very least. 6-14-2016 3:35pm
- lol. or you have a tendency away from this behavior inherited by your dds.... 6-14-2016 3:36pm
- np: that's me and my dds. oldest would rather not have friends than deal with that crap. she's now 23 yo and has some really fantastic drama free female friends 6-14-2016 3:39pm
- yep i have one like that as well 6-14-2016 3:39pm
- np: that's me and my dds. oldest would rather not have friends than deal with that crap. she's now 23 yo and has some really fantastic drama free female friends 6-14-2016 3:39pm
- lol. or you have a tendency away from this behavior inherited by your dds.... 6-14-2016 3:36pm
- op: OK, I guess my dds and their friends aren't really female?!? 6-14-2016 3:35pm
- ittta its part of development unfortunately 6-14-2016 3:34pm
- oh come on, I've seen grown women exhibit that same behavior 6-14-2016 3:35pm +1 like
- its biological 6-14-2016 3:34pm
- of course your kids are perfect 6-14-2016 3:34pm
- its not sexist. girls generally have more intense relationships. in studies men feel less emotion. these are generalities. 6-14-2016 3:34pm +1 like
- op: Yes and last time I checked another name for that was prejudice. Talk about your individual kids. Don't tag bad qualities to one gender, thanks. 6-14-2016 3:36pm
- girl drama is real. it's not the same as boy drama. your individual children might not be wound up in it, but ask them about it, it's there at school 6-14-2016 3:38pm +2 likes
- boys have other bad qualities.... 6-14-2016 3:40pm
- op: Yes and last time I checked another name for that was prejudice. Talk about your individual kids. Don't tag bad qualities to one gender, thanks. 6-14-2016 3:36pm
- i have two girls and one boy and the specific type of drama is different from what i can tell. even though my kids are kind of wallfflowery and tend to stay out of the fray for...(more) 6-14-2016 3:34pm
- eye. roll. Another mother with easy kids who lack empathy and understanding of everyone elses issues. 6-14-2016 3:39pm