Currently there runs an ad campaign on the Dutch television which says: let boys be boys.
The advertorial starts with: 'boys and girls are equal, but not the same'.
The video, titles with: 'do you let your boy be boy enough'?
I make this thread to illustrate the different ways of thinking in Europe, some Americans here throw them too much on the same pile. Would those advertorials run in, say Sweden? The UK? The US?
Visit also: http://www.laatjijjouwjongengenoegjongen...-statement to read the statement, Google translates creates:
The advertorial starts with: 'boys and girls are equal, but not the same'.
The video, titles with: 'do you let your boy be boy enough'?
I make this thread to illustrate the different ways of thinking in Europe, some Americans here throw them too much on the same pile. Would those advertorials run in, say Sweden? The UK? The US?
Visit also: http://www.laatjijjouwjongengenoegjongen...-statement to read the statement, Google translates creates:
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Boys and girls are equivalent, but not the same. We, educators of the Netherlands, sometimes lose sight of boys developing and learning in a different way than girls. In general, educators expect children to behave calmly, listen well and sit still. While boys learn more by discovering, experimenting, taking risks. Educators seem less appreciated in recent years' boys behavior. Boys slow down, inhibits their development.
From science there are divergent views whether the differences between girls and boys are born or born in the upbringing. However, they agree that attention should be paid to this subject.
SIRE would like to ask all Dutch educators about their behavior towards boys. So boys get the space to develop in the way that suits them.