Girls Outperform Boys from Day One

Tirryb writes "News.com.au reports that a study of 10,000 children from birth age up has shown that girls outperform boys almost from day 1, learning to walk and talk earlier. Quote: "Boys lead girls in every measure of disengagement and psychological disorder from attention deficit syndromes to at-risk social behaviour. The latest neuro-imaging research has identified gender differences in brain maturation, with boys slower to develop impulse control and executive planning skills.

Although boys and girls are parented in a similar fashion, levels of hostile parenting were higher for boys than girls."
So given this evidence, what does the (female) federal Minister for Family and Community Affairs say? "I have consistently said that children are better off in a household where both parents have a job," she said...."

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