Not exact matches
Also, many
boys will
develop social skills later
than girls, so be patient.
It's been long noted that
girls seem to
develop speech earlier
than boys, and this may point to one possible cause for the disparity.
Preoccupation with food and dieting / unreasonable fear of being fat (
girls on severe diets in one Australian study were 18 times more likely to
develop an eating disorder; moderate dieters were 5 times more likely
than those who did not diet; Harvard researcher says 44 % of high school
girls and 15 % of
boys diet);
Baby
boy's will generally
develop gross motor skills, the skills responsible for full - body movement and locomotion, quicker
than girls.
Baby
boys are a handful, and they often start to
develop motor skills a bit quicker
than baby
girls.
Often,
girls will
develop emotional and social skills more rapidly
than boys.
Girls tend to
develop language more quickly
than boys, so try not to compare development points between the two.
Well -
developed language skills may contribute to
girls being better able to express their needs and desires
than boys.
A widely used pesticide — banned in homes but still commonly used on farms — appears to harm
boys»
developing brains more
than girls», according to a new study of children in New York City.
Boys are more likely
than girls to hold a growth mindset, that is, the perception that mathematical ability can be
developed through learning rather
than being a fixed talent you are born with.
Companion studies also shed light on the question of why
boys are more likely to
develop autism
than girls, and begin to outline a network of genes whose activity is altered in the brains of individuals with autism.
But Mr Toone adds: «
Boys tend to cluster together in larger groups
than girls and so are more likely to be influenced by peer pressure and to
develop a gang mentality, which can militate against GCSE success.
Over the past few years, several research groups have noted that, in
developing regions, women and
girls may suffer more from global warming
than men and
boys do.
All of these prevalence estimates are higher among
girls than boys, with the exception of the proportion of ideators who go on to
develop a plan and the proportion of attempts that are planned vs unplanned.
To clarify this relationship, we tested the following hypotheses in a population - based study: (1) children with ADHD have a higher risk of
developing depression
than children without ADHD; (2) the pathway from ADHD to depression is mediated (partly) through anxiety and disruptive behavior disorders; and (3) mediation through anxiety is more prevalent in
girls, and mediation through disruptive behavior disorders is more prevalent in
boys.
In the Great Smoky Mountains study, Stringaris et al. noted that
girls with depressed and irritable mood were more likely to
develop a conduct disorder
than boys [21].
Also, even though CD is rarer in
girls than in
boys, CD in
girls is associated with a higher risk of these
girls developing personality disorder in adulthood (Cohen 1996).
Another important point was that the model explained more variance for
boys than girls, suggesting that for
boys, attachment to parents and peers might be more relevant in
developing problematic Facebook use
than for
girls.