Photos like this one may make you believe that little boys are made of hammers and nails instead of snips and snails. There could be more that you need to know about gender differences, both in babies and toddlers and in school age children. The topic of gender differences is another one of those fields where a lot has been learned since grandparents were raising babies, much of it centering around whether gender differences are learned or innate.

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