Child Care For Boys: Raising Your Son
Many people will insist that boys and girls should be brought up exactly the same way and parents need not think there is any difference. While boys and girls definitely deserve the same rights and privileges, it does not necessarily mean that boys and girls are exactly the same. A parent raising a girl will face different challenges to a parent who is bringing up a son.
Steve Biddulph, Australia’s leading family therapist and author of Raising Boys [Berkeley: Celestial Arts, 1998] says that understanding the gender differences created by male hormones should be handled in practical ways to help boys be more confident, capable and caring. He outlines some common problems and ways to manage them.
a long time to go without work and needless to say, no employer will grant an employee nine months of paid maternity leave. For many women, not working during pregnancy is not an option as they need to keep earning; for others, they simply want to work when pregnant because they cannot bear the thought of sitting at home, doing nothing for nine months. However, just because everyone is doing it, should you do it too? 
