K-State's Chuck Smith, who is the father of grown children, said raising girls becomes especially challenging when they hit high school. When girls get into high school, he said, the competition is intense and the relationships between girls can be fierce. He and McKenzie also agreed with each other that raising girls can be more difficult than raising boys. Both also added that, of course, each child is an individual and each situation is different. Girls have a stronger intensity.
Boys are much more relaxed.
Boys roll with the punches a lot easier. Topekan Omar Hazim and his wife have raised five boys and three girls. All are grown. You have to be a little more protective and concerned with the girls. There's no intent in raising them different, but boys and girls are different.