Did She Really Say That?
It was the end of summer school, like within the last couple of days, and we discovered that one of the softball friends (coach’s kid) was also taking summer school.
Recently we were having a conversation with the coaches (husband and wife team) and it was mentioned that the kids saw each other in summer school.
We talked for a bit about what classes they were in. It turns out that they (the mom actually) had signed up their daughter for the same subject that Ellie had chosen. They just happened to have different teachers!
She talked about the different options that she had considered. It never really sounded like the daughter was involved in making the choice, which I thought was interesting. There are certain areas where I do want us to be the one making the choices/decisions, or at minimum making the kids think that they are making the choice. But summer school isn't one of those things for me. In our house, summer activities and extra activities are about their interests and what they want to do. Sure we guide them, but they have a great deal of input.
At any rate we are talking about the class options and we mention that Abby had chosen the fizzing liquids (science and math) class and how in the future we'd like to guide Ellie towards that type of class. Abby had so much fun and while Ellie did have fun, she was bummed that she didn't get to do the things that Abby got to do. We talked about some of the really cool experiments that they did and how they got to journal those experiments. They (like us) think it sounded like a really cool experience.
The mom then says that she didn't sign her daughter up for that class because she thought it would be for boys... or she thought there would only be boys in the class. I'm having a hard time recalling just how she said it. But either way...
That night neither of us really commented on it. After softball practice Carie and the kids go their way to do stuff and I head off to my class, so it just didn't come up that night. But for some reason it came up in discussion on another night.
Carie: "Did she really say that???"
Me: Yep, that is what I heard!
Both of us: Wow!
They are parents to older kids... high school and college aged kids. I don't know how many kids or what their specific ages are, we've not figured that out. But they have a lot of parenting experience. They are awesome coaches and great role models for these kids. This season has been a great experience for all of these kids.
But even more so, they are both cops. It sounds like he isn't active due to an injury while being on the swat team. But she is still active! Talk about being in the ultimate boys club.
Why perpetuate the gender stereotypes? Why?
Recently we were having a conversation with the coaches (husband and wife team) and it was mentioned that the kids saw each other in summer school.
We talked for a bit about what classes they were in. It turns out that they (the mom actually) had signed up their daughter for the same subject that Ellie had chosen. They just happened to have different teachers!
She talked about the different options that she had considered. It never really sounded like the daughter was involved in making the choice, which I thought was interesting. There are certain areas where I do want us to be the one making the choices/decisions, or at minimum making the kids think that they are making the choice. But summer school isn't one of those things for me. In our house, summer activities and extra activities are about their interests and what they want to do. Sure we guide them, but they have a great deal of input.
At any rate we are talking about the class options and we mention that Abby had chosen the fizzing liquids (science and math) class and how in the future we'd like to guide Ellie towards that type of class. Abby had so much fun and while Ellie did have fun, she was bummed that she didn't get to do the things that Abby got to do. We talked about some of the really cool experiments that they did and how they got to journal those experiments. They (like us) think it sounded like a really cool experience.
The mom then says that she didn't sign her daughter up for that class because she thought it would be for boys... or she thought there would only be boys in the class. I'm having a hard time recalling just how she said it. But either way...
That night neither of us really commented on it. After softball practice Carie and the kids go their way to do stuff and I head off to my class, so it just didn't come up that night. But for some reason it came up in discussion on another night.
Carie: "Did she really say that???"
Me: Yep, that is what I heard!
Both of us: Wow!
They are parents to older kids... high school and college aged kids. I don't know how many kids or what their specific ages are, we've not figured that out. But they have a lot of parenting experience. They are awesome coaches and great role models for these kids. This season has been a great experience for all of these kids.
But even more so, they are both cops. It sounds like he isn't active due to an injury while being on the swat team. But she is still active! Talk about being in the ultimate boys club.
Why perpetuate the gender stereotypes? Why?
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