http://www.raising4boys.com/2008/02/12/qa-how-to-deal-with-bad-habits-annoying-behaviors/ parenting tips, tricks and commentary Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:32:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.raising4boys.com/2008/02/12/qa-how-to-deal-with-bad-habits-annoying-behaviors/comment-page-1/#comment-25586 DAO Mon, 17 Mar 2008 02:59:36 +0000 http://www.raising4boys.com/2008/02/12/qa-how-to-deal-with-bad-habits-annoying-behaviors/#comment-25586 We had the same "problem" with our 2nd son (of 4, just like our gracious hosts). We then read that boys _tend_ to be interested in moving objects through space. Our 2nd and now our 4th are fanatics about anything that moves. It is their way of exploring the world. We struggle to find outlets like safe rooms or walls for throwing. They particularly like the stairs because the balls come back. My wife still doesn't understand the need, but works with it as best she can. As a corollary, I developed a hypothesis that males tend to be better with moving objects and females tend to be better at stationary objects. That's why only she can find whatever we are looking for, even if it is right in front of our eyes. We had the same “problem” with our 2nd son (of 4, just like our gracious hosts). We then read that boys _tend_ to be interested in moving objects through space. Our 2nd and now our 4th are fanatics about anything that moves. It is their way of exploring the world. We struggle to find outlets like safe rooms or walls for throwing. They particularly like the stairs because the balls come back. My wife still doesn’t understand the need, but works with it as best she can.
As a corollary, I developed a hypothesis that males tend to be better with moving objects and females tend to be better at stationary objects. That’s why only she can find whatever we are looking for, even if it is right in front of our eyes.

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