tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7216245463367611426.post6501224644680812407..comments2023-10-31T05:33:13.131-07:00Comments on Child Development Realist: In-home infant visits help girls but not boys avoid jailUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7216245463367611426.post-55547184202308954702010-01-06T08:25:28.266-08:002010-01-06T08:25:28.266-08:00I've seen one thing clearly over the years, vi...I've seen one thing clearly over the years, vis a vis boy/girl preschool:<br />The curriculum in most preschools not only favors what small girls excel in (thus, making them love school at once) like small motor movements ... but most important, the very nature of the environment emphasizes tasks that girls get rewarded for (like serving juice). Boys enjoy it equally, but our society does not reward them for doing it (keep your seat, Dad). So, anti-Montessori's work-of-the-child, the boys are offered no "valuable work" at preschool (from which they can reap public affirmation).Wendy Lestinahttp://californiaschildren.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7216245463367611426.post-44442234904242271102010-01-05T13:31:01.403-08:002010-01-05T13:31:01.403-08:00I'd worry more about the Elmira sample if it d...I'd worry more about the Elmira sample if it didn't mesh so well with Perry Preschool. I have a tendency to have a cause of the moment, but this gender difference seems to me to be a big deal.CDRealisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02524485853204258472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7216245463367611426.post-23310453883396145132010-01-05T12:49:54.633-08:002010-01-05T12:49:54.633-08:00Two thoughts:
1. Your Perry research/mulling concl...Two thoughts:<br />1. Your Perry research/mulling conclusion is delicious. And I don't think there's any doubt that we stunt girls' mental development -- I have the advantage of being in the WWII generation raised by women with no men in the house/town ... we had an immensely competitive and long-term successful girl/woman cohort .. even two years behind us, it was already sliding back.<br />2. I'm slightly concerned about the sample coming from Elmira, New York. There is a visible, influential prison there, and living in the shadow of an ancient correctional facility full of truly bad guys (no one wants to go to Elmira) has to have an effect on little boys.Wendy Lestinahttp://www.californiaschildren.comnoreply@blogger.com