According to the article, “Google, Tell Me. Is My Son a Genius?” by Seth Stephens-Davidowitz parents have or have shown a higher level of concern for how smart their sons are compared to how smart their daughters are. Of all Google searches throughout the world starting with “Is my 2-year-old,” the most common next word is “gifted.” But this question is not asked, equally about young boys and girls. In fact, parents are almost two and a half times more likely to ask “Is my son gifted?” than “Is my daughter gifted?” In American schools alone, girls are 11 percent more likely than boys to be in gifted programs. If this is the case, then parents should be more concerned or more likely to ask google the question more …show more content…
According to “Beyond the Classroom: Should parents treat sons and daughters differently?” by Laurie Futterman neuroscientist Lise Eliot writes that in one study, mothers wrongly estimated how steep a slope their 11-month-olds could crawl down. Moms of boys got it right to within one degree but moms of girls underestimated what their daughters could do by nine degrees, despite the lack of motor skill differences in infant boys and girls. Research has continuously proved to us that both girls and boys have the same potential inside themselves for almost everything. Mothers of daughters who should obviously know about them the most certainly cannot or should not underestimate their capabilities by so