When they were little, I always tried my hardest not to tell my son’s not to cry, instead just to hold them when they did so. But now that they’re slightly older, I haven’t seen them cry in years. My older son cried when my father died.
I also think that maybe this ease with which we cry co…
When they were little, I always tried my hardest not to tell my son’s not to cry, instead just to hold them when they did so. But now that they’re slightly older, I haven’t seen them cry in years. My older son cried when my father died.
I also think that maybe this ease with which we cry comes with age. I had never seen my father cry, but as he grew older, more and more things would bring tears to his eyes.
That is true. From the start I try not to bring in the stereotypes of male/female with my kids, so I forgot that subconsciously i might have been harsher to my son too. Not helping is that he's the elder one now too! It might be true that we stop crying at some point and start again later in life, interesting thought...
Also, crying is especially frowned upon in males.
When they were little, I always tried my hardest not to tell my son’s not to cry, instead just to hold them when they did so. But now that they’re slightly older, I haven’t seen them cry in years. My older son cried when my father died.
I also think that maybe this ease with which we cry comes with age. I had never seen my father cry, but as he grew older, more and more things would bring tears to his eyes.
That is true. From the start I try not to bring in the stereotypes of male/female with my kids, so I forgot that subconsciously i might have been harsher to my son too. Not helping is that he's the elder one now too! It might be true that we stop crying at some point and start again later in life, interesting thought...