It’s no myth – Mummy’s boys and Daddy’s girls are born, not made
Mummy’s boys are a myth. Daddy’s girls don’t exist. Instead, fathers are drawn to their sons, while mothers favour their daughters. That’s according to new research carried out at the State University of New York.
And you know what? It’s wrong. These findings weren’t based on anything scientific like the ratio of snuggles on the sofa to extra roast potatoes.
There was no calibration of late-night ferrying to parties or hours providing encouragement on the sidelines.
No, it was all about shopping. Parents with a boy and girl were told they could buy a surprise gift for just one of their children. The women opted to get something for their daughter, the men chose to
treat their sons. That’s not gender bias, that’s just common sense.
Women don’t like buying boring boy stuff. Men have no clue how the female (even a six-year-old female) mind works. They don’t grasp that the best presents aren’t rectangular and that girls can, and do, go completely and vehemently off the colour pink overnight.
And another thing: parents have a favourite child. Of course we do, it’s the one who’s behaving best at any given moment – although it’s considered bad form to say it aloud.
Children, on the other hand, always have a favourite parent and nobody lays a guilt trip on them. We surely can’t be the only mother and father to have crouched at opposite ends of the room and called the baby to see which of us she loved more and would crawl towards? Wisely, she chose me.
Fast forward eight years and she’s a bona fide Daddy’s girl, which is very sweet.
Because whatever researchers might think, and no matter how many presents a parent might lavish on them, Mummy’s boys and Daddy’s girls are born, not made.