Even if you don't have sons, your daughters will be involved with someone's son. The male brain also is wired to respond in external, rather than internal, ways. This leaves boys at a disadvantage in a school environment, where they're told to use their words and tone down their actions. The female brain also produces more serotonin, a hormone that helps calm the system. Mr. Gurian says this is why boys have less control over their impulses and are more likely to get into trouble than girls.
Girls also use more areas of their brains and are therefore able to do multiple tasks more easily.
I've learned that I have to be very, very specific. She has found that boys do not respond to subtle hints but need requests clearly outlined. William Pollack, a psychologist and co-director of the Center for Men at McLean Hospital in Cambridge, Mass., has studied boys for years. Mr. Gurian agrees, and he urges parents to make a stronger attachment to their sons, not only through their critical early years, but until their later teens. He fears that while boys suffered when the Industrial Revolution pulled their fathers off the homestead and into faraway factories, recent generations have been crippled emotionally as they have lost their mothers to the workplace.