Girls Get More Learning Time from Parents than Boys

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'Girls may struggle with self-esteem issues and gender equality in the workplace, but a new study suggests there is one area where they have a one-up on their male counterparts.

Conducted by two Canadian economics professors, this study is a follow-up on one that showed boys receive more parental time than girls because their fathers spend more time with them after about age five or six. However, the new study indicates that girls have the upper hand when it comes to teaching time from their parents.

According to the authors, preschool girls from Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom get more time with their parents when it comes to telling stories, reading, singing songs, drawing, and learning new words and letters. Even in households with fraternal boy-and-girl twins where parents were determined to treat both children fairly, this conclusion held true. In fact, number teaching seemed to be the only place where boys seemed to receive fair treatment.'