which is easier to raise, boys or girls?

[SterlingAcres]

I've got 2 boys and 5 nieces. I say boys are easier now... or it just might be the parenting, because our nieces are spoiled monsters. To the point where I don't even want to babysit, let alone have them as my own kids.

If we have more, I'm hoping for more boys, hands down.

 

[DuckyBoys]

BOYS!

 

[CarriBrown]

I was a really easy kid (Honest! Ask my Daddy

) and my brother was a "handful". My parents use the word "handful" when they should really use the word "monster". My brother finally mellowed out at about 20. He was never a bad kid... he was just really mischievous and too smart for his own good.
However, I've heard that's usually not the case! Take my niece and nephew. She's 6 next week and he's 3. I would take him over her in a heartbeat! Talk about drama queen. I love Taylor to death, but Justin is just such an easy kid.
Hopefully I'll end up with boys!

 

[ZooMummzy]

I have one boy (11) and one girl (15). I love them both to death, but the boy has always been easier. Some days I wonder what I was thinking when I begged for a daughter

 

[asher]

Boys. My girls came out a handful and continue to be so every stop of the way.

Though my boys hit a moody stage around 8 that I def. could've done without and they're still going through it.

 

[Poison Ivy]

I have to say my son has been the easiest from the day he was born. My daughter was trouble before she was born starting with going breech on me and having to have a emergency c-section. lol She is a pain in the butt to this day and she is just like her Dad. She is head strong and will argue that she is right on everything. Her daddy says he will feel sorry for any boyfriend she gets.

 

[theOEGBman]

From what my mom said, my sister was a demon,lol. My sister knows this and she's praying for boys, boys and more boys. Her and her DH are going to try for a baby next year, and she's praying for a boy. My mom and I tell her that God is going to give her a girl just so she can go through what she put my mom through.

 

[Beekissed]

I don't think either is "easy" to raise!!

I am a single parent and I have all boys (3), with separate and distinct personalities and levels of difficulty in raising. All sweet and wonderful but took a lot of work and consistency to produce good boys! I have enjoyed every stage of their childhood and the teen years have been a blast. I don't allow teenage moodiness or angst, so I miss all the drama others have. We laugh a lot and share the good times, as well as the bad. I don't know about girls, but I would guess it would have been the same. I do know I got a real surprise when I had to protect my boys from overeager, sexually aggressive girls! I thought it was going to be the other way around...you know, the talks, the lectures, etc. Nope! Practically have to beat the females off these guys! Who knew?

 

[hcammack]

My mom has had just me and my brother so all boys for her and she said that she is really happy and she knows how dang difficult she was to deal with when she was little

 

[Mini Coop]

I have 4 grown sons and I'm now raising 2 daughters, ages 12 and almost 14. I'm enjoying my daughters more, they are more interesting. They share more with me, I feel closer with them.

Boys are natural born heathens...