It is believed that women are more suited to child-rearing than men. What is your opinion on this issue?

The view that women are better parents than men has shown itself to be true throughout history.

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is not to say that men are not of importance in

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indeed, they are most necessary if children are to appreciate fully the roles of both sexes. But women have proven themselves

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of their conditioning, their less aggressive natures and their generally better

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skills. From the time they are little girls, females learn about nurturing.

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with dolls and later perhaps with younger brothers and sisters, girls are given the role of carer. Girls see their mothers in the same roles and so it is natural that they identify

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as a female activity. Boys,

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, learn competitive roles far removed from what it means to nurture. While boys may dream of adventures, girls’ conditioning means they tend to see the future in terms of raising families. Girls

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appear to be less aggressive than boys. In adulthood, it is men, not women, who prove to be the aggressors in crime and in war. Obviously, in raising children, a more patient, gentle manner is preferable to a more aggressive one.

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there certainly exist

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and aggressive women, by and large, females are less likely to resort to violence in attempting to solve problems.

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, women tend to be better communicators than men.

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is shown is intelligence tests, where females, on average, do better in verbal

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than males. Of course,

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is of utmost importance in rearing children, as children tend to learn from and

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styles of their parents.

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, while it is all very well to suggest a greater role for men in raising children, let us not forget that women are generally better suited to the parenting role.