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The requirements our growing children face daily is absolutely absurd, and the scary part of it is that we don’t even realize we are doing it. We don’t realize the signals being sent to our children, because they have become such a regular part of society. Based off of the article by Lise Eliot, “Special Issue His Brain, Her Brain: The truth about boys and girls” even though there are biological differences between genders, the biggest factor heavily relies on the culture and upbringing in which the child is raised.
Studies have proven that boys have larger brains and heads than girls do. However, girl’s brains finish growing earlier than boy’s brains. The Amygdala is a grape sized region on both sides of the brain. Studies have shown that …show more content…

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