All parents want their kids to be happy. They try their best to raise kids, without actually having any kind of idea of what they are doing. However, they hope their kids will grow up to be happy and independent. In a perfect world, the parents wouldn't care if their daughter wants to open a company and be independent, or if their son wants to be a stay at home dad. However, this is not a perfect world.
According to Michel Goncher, parents would rather have their sons be smart and independent, and their daughters be skinny and pretty. Of course, they don't want their children to fit into that mold entirely, but it is the main thing most parents focus on. Goncher made this conclusion by his research. He found that if you Google: "Is my 2-year-old..." the popular result suggest is "gifted". However, this question is not asked equally with boys and girls. Parents are two and a half times more likely to search "Is my son gifted" rather than "Is my daughter gifted".
This is not only in America; in India girls are expected to get married at a young age and live with her husband, while boys are expected to learn and earn money. This causes poor families to favor boys over girls, because if a girl is going to be married off what is the point of her going to school? If there is a boy in the family, he will earn them money and get himself a wife, and he won't get good wife he isn't well educated. This idea that girls should focus on looks rather than education is common among most Indian parents, however the idea is disappearing from the younger generation. Since I was born in India, I was also told my my peers to focus on my looks, however my parents do not believe in such nonsense.
Hopefully, the younger generation and new-minded parents like mine can take our flawed world one step further towed perfect.
According to Michel Goncher, parents would rather have their sons be smart and independent, and their daughters be skinny and pretty. Of course, they don't want their children to fit into that mold entirely, but it is the main thing most parents focus on. Goncher made this conclusion by his research. He found that if you Google: "Is my 2-year-old..." the popular result suggest is "gifted". However, this question is not asked equally with boys and girls. Parents are two and a half times more likely to search "Is my son gifted" rather than "Is my daughter gifted".
This is not only in America; in India girls are expected to get married at a young age and live with her husband, while boys are expected to learn and earn money. This causes poor families to favor boys over girls, because if a girl is going to be married off what is the point of her going to school? If there is a boy in the family, he will earn them money and get himself a wife, and he won't get good wife he isn't well educated. This idea that girls should focus on looks rather than education is common among most Indian parents, however the idea is disappearing from the younger generation. Since I was born in India, I was also told my my peers to focus on my looks, however my parents do not believe in such nonsense.
Hopefully, the younger generation and new-minded parents like mine can take our flawed world one step further towed perfect.
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