Parents poll/debate
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Topic: Parents poll/debate
Posted By: Finnforest
Subject: Parents poll/debate
Date Posted: November 14 2012 at 21:34
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I ask because I heard some people arguing about this the other day. One was saying girls are a breeze and little boys are pure Satan spawn. The other said boys are a cakewalk and girls will put the gray hairs on your head. Obviously this is a general question since every person is different. What do our parents here say? ------------- ...that moment you realize you like "Mob Rules" better than "Heaven and Hell" |
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Posted By: thellama73
Date Posted: November 14 2012 at 21:39
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I am not a parent so I will not vote, but I am a boy and I have a sister. I have been told that boys are more difficult when they're young, but once the teenage years hit girls are much worse. This sounds about right to me.
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Posted By: Finnforest
Date Posted: November 14 2012 at 21:42
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I've heard that same thing Logan, so I guess people will have to base their vote on the overall picture, from ages 1-18. People with young kids can still vote on their experience "to date" of course. ------------- ...that moment you realize you like "Mob Rules" better than "Heaven and Hell" |
Posted By: smartpatrol
Date Posted: November 14 2012 at 22:12
Makes perfect sense ------------- http://bit.ly/1kqTR8y" rel="nofollow">  The greatest record label of all time! |
thellama73 wrote:Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: November 14 2012 at 22:27
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I'm not a parent but I don't think I'd handle raising a girl all too well. It seems from an outside view that would be the harder option. ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: The Doctor
Date Posted: November 14 2012 at 23:07
I ate my young, so I don't really know. 
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: November 15 2012 at 01:10
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The correct answer is "neither". ------------- What? |
Posted By: dtguitarfan
Date Posted: November 15 2012 at 09:57
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I'm saying "girls" but only because of my current situation is that my daughter is going through a defiant phase. It really depends on the child. ------------- http://tinyurl.com/cy43zzh" rel="nofollow - My 2012 List 
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Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: November 15 2012 at 10:00
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I only have a daughter (age 7), but she's been fairly easygoing I suppose. Other boys her age in the neighborhood look like they're a lot harder to keep out of trouble. But my daughter is intelligent and cunning, and by the time she's a teenager she will probably mind-game me to the brink of insanity. We shall see. I'll vote "boys" and hope I'm right. ------------- My other avatar is a Porsche It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran |
Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: November 15 2012 at 10:03
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Posted By: The T
Date Posted: November 15 2012 at 10:45
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I am not a parent and have only two male cats so I will not vote. But I also have a sister and have been told (and know as a fact obviously) that I was quite easy to raise up, I was very docile and non-rebellious. My sister was, well, a teenage girl at one point during her life, and her character was always much more difficult. Of course that doesn't mean anything. If I had a kid, I'm not sure what I would want. Girl seem to be less idiotic but boys are, well, I can teach them from the start to like real sports like soccer   ------------- 
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Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: November 15 2012 at 11:13
They're all the bloody same when the hormone fairy arrives 
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Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: November 15 2012 at 11:28
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I only have two boys, so I can't really say. They are a handful, to put it mildly. There's truth to Logan's maxim, but there's obviously exceptions. Rearing kids is tough, boy or girl.
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Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: November 15 2012 at 15:47
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My oldest son is mildly autistic, so he has always been difficult. But my daughter is a straight up two-year-old troll. She says and does things just to piss off her brother. When she has a meltdown, there's no consolation. And she can be a nag. Our other boy is our easiest child by far. ------------- https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays" rel="nofollow - https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays |
Posted By: Finnforest
Date Posted: November 15 2012 at 16:06
 You'll have to post a pic of the "meltdown" face sometime ------------- ...that moment you realize you like "Mob Rules" better than "Heaven and Hell" |
Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: November 15 2012 at 16:22
Age 2.... yep, that rings a bell. ------------- My other avatar is a Porsche It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: November 15 2012 at 16:37
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No vote. I have only one 17-year old daughter. She has become harder to raise since she entered her teens. ------------- 
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Posted By: smartpatrol
Date Posted: November 15 2012 at 16:51
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Posted By: timothy leary
Date Posted: November 15 2012 at 23:23
| Mall Santa Claus..........what a job........I would need a Valium prescription. |
Posted By: Sagichim
Date Posted: November 16 2012 at 02:54
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I have a 4 year old daughter and a 2 year old boy, I would definitely
say my boy is easier to raise since he doesn't make a fuss about
everything, he keeps himself busy and doesn't feel an urge to bug you
when you read reviews on PA. Oh...and he knows how to headbang. I'm so proud.  |
Posted By: CPicard
Date Posted: November 16 2012 at 17:41
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Boys. They will be punks, rastas or metalheads, they will drink and binge, they will drive too fast, they pee standing up, and then they have children. And it's their turn to suffer. |
Posted By: Finnforest
Date Posted: November 16 2012 at 22:51
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Great pics guys!
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Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: November 16 2012 at 23:26
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As a teacher boys are definitely most challenging As a parent girls can be when they start becoming conscious of er... boys So boys I chose because really they have some annoying habits and are rather loud and demanding.
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Posted By: Pekka
Date Posted: November 17 2012 at 03:37
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Well, I have seven weeks of experience in raising a boy, and my work buddy with his eight week old daughter seems to be having pretty much the same problems as we do. So this might be a tad too small sample size to form an opinion on. ------------- http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=42652" rel="nofollow - It's on PA! 
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Posted By: caretaker
Date Posted: November 17 2012 at 03:57
| As a father of a boy and a girl, grand father of two boys and two girls and uncle to four neices, I voted girls. I still don't understand women, young or old. |
Posted By: King Manuel
Date Posted: November 17 2012 at 05:53
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I have got a nine year old daughter and a six year old son. From my personal experience raising a boy is so much easier. My daughter is giving me grey hairs, she is constantly challenging my authority, while my son is just a little easy to handle little fellow. I guess my daughter inherrited my wifes personality, while my son resembles my temprament a lot ;-) ------------- Don't Bore Us, Get To The Chorus |
Posted By: geneyesontle
Date Posted: November 17 2012 at 11:31
If I was Australian, you could be my teacher but don't panic, cause I'm a teacher's pet.
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Posted By: dtguitarfan
Date Posted: November 17 2012 at 13:41
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Wow - when I voted I never expected girls to actually pull ahead. Wonder if it's just because there are more dads here, and we just have more difficulty relating to our daughters? ------------- http://tinyurl.com/cy43zzh" rel="nofollow - My 2012 List
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Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: November 17 2012 at 13:45
My wife would tell you that girls are harder. She grew up with three brothers and three sisters. ------------- https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays" rel="nofollow - https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays |
Posted By: Finnforest
Date Posted: November 17 2012 at 13:45
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Geoff, I suspect the fact we are mostly males here contributes, for sure. The people I mentioned arguing in my set up post, it was a woman who said boys are impossible....so perhaps it is an innocent and honest difference in perspective.
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Posted By: JJLehto
Date Posted: December 02 2012 at 20:01
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Can't vote since I have no kids (and probably should be barred from ever) but Louis CK had some sage words on the matter: Boys f**k things up, Girls are f**ked up. A boy will break things, cause financial damage. A girl will break your soul and cause mental anguish...as he said. Just from life observations this seems fairly accurate I'd imagine it's just the individual kid and who you raise em. |
Posted By: timothy leary
Date Posted: December 02 2012 at 20:08
| Thats why you need one of each^ |
Posted By: A Person
Date Posted: December 02 2012 at 20:23
| My mother consistently says that the boys were easier to raise than the girls. |
Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: December 02 2012 at 20:26
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Great. ------------- My other avatar is a Porsche It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran |
Posted By: JJLehto
Date Posted: December 02 2012 at 20:26
I could see that either working in a natural balance, OR you just end up with broken stuff and a broken soul |
Posted By: timothy leary
Date Posted: December 02 2012 at 20:32
| amen |
Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: December 02 2012 at 20:42
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At least with just one, you always know who did it. ------------- My other avatar is a Porsche It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: December 10 2012 at 20:51
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My son was a hellion from the time he was little till he hit his early teens, then he mellowed out. My daughter was great up until she hit eleven, and now at twelve I feel she might not make it to thirteen. So I cannot vote. They are both pains in the ass at different times. ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: Tapfret
Date Posted: December 11 2012 at 03:31
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So what I get from this thread is what I have suspected all along. Children are to be avoided in any context. ------------- https://www.last.fm/user/Tapfret" rel="nofollow">  https://bandcamp.com/tapfret" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: December 11 2012 at 03:40
Then the worst is yet to come. Be prepared  .I cannot vote either. I only have a 17-year old daughter. -------------
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