Do you believe that boys are immature when it comes to learning, than a girl?

I have four children; two boys and two girls. My oldest son is a straight A student. He learns very fast. He is by far the quickest at catching on than the other kids when it comes to schoolwork. He also walked and talked the earliest. My other son who is 17 months younger struggles more in school. He is very social and creative but doesn't pick up the reading/spelling very fast. My daughter who is 7 had a had a hard time picking up the reading in the beginning but as soon as she caught on she did fine. She is a natural speller and got 100's on all of her first grade spelling tests. My youngest is also a girl. She walked and talked much later than the boys did. I think it all has to do with the individual child.

It has been proved that boys mature slower than girls do so it stands to reason that they would learn a little slower than girls do. they do' better in math than girls but are slower in english than the girls.

While stereotyping all of society is bad because there is always cases of exception, it is true that most boys are behind most girls when it comes to development. This starts as babies and usually levels out later in life. However, that doesn't mean that there is something wrong with your son nor does it mean that he can't catch up. I do think that immature is the wrong word to use since we are talking about one half of the population compared to the other half. It would seem that this would make it normal!

When it comes to learning things every ones brains develop differently. I dont think that it has to do with maturity in a learning sense because if the class was filled with girls it would then be more noticable that some girls are not catching on as fast as some of the others. Based upon how one's brain develops u will find that a person might be able to solve analytical problems at a fast pace whilst that same person takes twice as long to solve another problem in another subject area. Maturity is applied mainly to how we deal with situations at our age ranges. If u find a 30 year old acting like a 10 year old, there is a maturity issue. It is said however, that in the true sense of maturity, females tend to mature faster than males.

Hey Cream., well i tend to agree with this, i have a son who is 5 and a daughter who is 4, she is by far quicker at learning than my son is. Everything from getting dressed to writing her name comes so easily to her, he just sits there, waiting to be helped to put his clothes/shoes on, you have to encourage him to write/draw/paint.. she seems to take the initiative herself to do things. For example if she is up early in the morning, she will help herself to a yogurt or some fruit... if he is up early he will sit hungry until i appear! My older son who is now 17 was the same, i thought at the time he was just lazy.. but it seems to be a 'boy thing'!!

This is not true they are the same as girls, what the teacher should have said, Boys do not take interest like girls do.If the teacher makes the lesson interesting the Boys will learn at the same speed! Boring leasons Bored children? I never had Bored children in my class they where special needs?

I am convinced that it is a case of every individual being different, having different grasping powers, motivation levels, follow up at home, support from parents, encouragement, and that gender has nothing to do with this. By and large I have seen sloppy girls and brilliant boys too. However, if boys are set on disobeying and being playful and irresponsible it becomes even tougher because [in our country we still consider them to be prime bread winners though girls are also provided equal education and job opportunities these days.] the parents have a lot of pressure and anxiety regarding this. They thrust all this on the boys and they become even more adamant in some cases. Another thing that I heard a brilliant girl [who herself was a gold medalist] say was that girls were slightly narrow in their approach to studies and would not have as much all round knowledge as boys. This was her observation. Even here I think much depends on a person’s upbringing and support .This causes the interest in studies when children are given undivided attention at home. I can vouch for it not only by a personal example but by different examples of many of my students who were boys. In my classes, many bright ones [quick in the uptake] were boys.

I agree but some true to all. Girls tend to be more responsible and focus at a young age so they learn fast and catch up lesson fast. ON the other hand, boys tend to be more on manual, so when it comes to listening, I guess, they have no patience for that which made them slow in catching lessons! But, As I have said, it's not true to all!

i dont think so....maturity of a person doesnt matter of sexes / gender....there are lot of people have there early maturity towards things in there early age..there are late bloomers also. there are factors that make a person to have this maturity...

boys normally are late when it comes to their maturity. i think this has something to do with their daily activities. boys are into playing of physical sports while girls mostly into intellectual things. i think this is just one of the few reasons why boys are late bloomer with regards to their maturity.

I don't think it's immaturity but rather a greater amount of energy boys seem to have. If they don't have an outlet to get rid of all that bottled up energy they have less patience to sit still, listen, and learn. Our elementary school offers frequent times to run, dance, and jump. It seems to keep misbehavior to a minimum. In fact, I have noticed that girls are more often reprimanded for excessive talking (aren't we all just chatterboxes, lol) than boys are for fidgeting. If they get the time to burn off their energy they will sit still, listen, and learn, just as the girls.

Yes i find boys a little immature or less serious when it comes to learning. Girls are more responsible and they take their studies seriously.

its usually that trend until 10 or 12th grade.After that usually boys tend to catch up faster and secure top marks....or atleast thats what i have noticed in my life....!!!!

well you son's teacher has an IQ of 20! why in the world did she say that? some on most of the world's famous scientist are men... most of the most brilliant political icons in the history are men... Most of the teachers pretends that they know everything which is an insult at everybody's intelligence....

actually not so alwaYS. but people say that it is seen in terms if age, girls are more matured than their male counterparts. may be thats why they say so.But in case of school work i think generally girls are more attentive.

I agree with that.

Boys are more nor concentrate that girl. same like Harry Potterm Ron and Hermione. Hermione is not the smartest like Harry and Ron think she is, but she concentrate the lecture and put some effort on it.

Yup.. NOt just in terms of learning, but in terms of thinking too, gals are more more matured than guys in the earlier stage of life.. I also dunno y, but it's thru experience that i came to know about it ^_^ hehe

Being a boy i must agree with your son's teacher :). we take it sloooow... no rush about it, we take it as a joke most of the times. This is because boys grow up later than girls... we try to have more fun in our lives :P girls grow up faster because they know what to expect from life when they get married :D dishes to clean and children to change :D (hope nobody feels offended)

Girls mature faster than boys do, but I'm not sure about the learning side of it. I really haven't noticed it. I have two sons, and when they were young they seemed to do just fine in school. None of their teachers every talked to me about their learning abilities. I talked to one son's teachers quite a lot through the years, but only because he had ADHD. They never mentioned that he was slower than girls. Just the opposite, actually. Even though he seemed to not be paying attention, when asked a question he would always have the correct answer. Maybe it's just a matter of these children, personally. Maybe the girls in his class are catching on faster, just by coincidence.