The difference between boys and girls From the very beginning we treat them differently.
Girls are in pink, and boys are in blue.
And the truth is sometimes we don't know we're doing it and probably can't help it. It all goes back to the way we were raised and the stereotypes that society has hammered into us. The other day I was caught up in a very close-fought women's bodybuilding competition when a volley of shrieking from the basement alerted me to the fact that a great white shark had entered our house and was eating the children. Recently, Topeka Unified School District 501 announced that summer school was going to be mandated for district children in kindergarten through second grade who are behind in reading. President Bush has made children's reading ability a priority.