It has been taken to a poll many times, which gender is harder to raise? Each side has it's own reasons, girls learn faster and respond to discipline more quickly. Boys have less teen angst and don't hold grudges as long. Well, let's go through it, the mom-a-holic way.
Boys
Boys are destructive and don't listen as well. Scientifically, they learn words more slowly and tend to use them less often than girls by substituting real words with onamonapias such as: buzz, or rawr, grrrr, zoom, etc. This hinders communication with parents greatly. They are developmentally slower than their female competitor and therefore are more likely to spend more time in time out or getting spanked (depending on your parenting method). Boys are harder to potty train and in my experience start climbing at a much younger age. They are much more competitive because of higher testosterone levels. I have found boys much harder to keep well protected. They like to fight and wrestle. My two year old LOVES to beat up his one year old brother. While girls tend to dress-up, and dolls, boys are playing cops and robbers or G.I. Joe (do they still make those?).
Girls
Girls tend to have problems later in life. When disciplined they are more likely to hold a grudge against the punishing parent. Girls develop their speech much sooner and will therefore talking more fluently before boys will. In the teen years girls are more sensitive to stressors and because of that are more likely to develop depression in their teen years. Girls will also be more sensitive to their body image. They have more selective interpersonal relationships and in the end, more enemies. Their great communication skills eventually become overwhelming and they tend to shut down more after age eight. Though girls generally tend to do better in academics one place they do tend to fall short is in the math areas especially geometry, which requires a spatial understanding.
Boys
Boys are destructive and don't listen as well. Scientifically, they learn words more slowly and tend to use them less often than girls by substituting real words with onamonapias such as: buzz, or rawr, grrrr, zoom, etc. This hinders communication with parents greatly. They are developmentally slower than their female competitor and therefore are more likely to spend more time in time out or getting spanked (depending on your parenting method). Boys are harder to potty train and in my experience start climbing at a much younger age. They are much more competitive because of higher testosterone levels. I have found boys much harder to keep well protected. They like to fight and wrestle. My two year old LOVES to beat up his one year old brother. While girls tend to dress-up, and dolls, boys are playing cops and robbers or G.I. Joe (do they still make those?).
Girls
Girls tend to have problems later in life. When disciplined they are more likely to hold a grudge against the punishing parent. Girls develop their speech much sooner and will therefore talking more fluently before boys will. In the teen years girls are more sensitive to stressors and because of that are more likely to develop depression in their teen years. Girls will also be more sensitive to their body image. They have more selective interpersonal relationships and in the end, more enemies. Their great communication skills eventually become overwhelming and they tend to shut down more after age eight. Though girls generally tend to do better in academics one place they do tend to fall short is in the math areas especially geometry, which requires a spatial understanding.
Overall, who is easier is going to depend on you. I don't like dress up or heels, I prefer to get dirty, so boys are for me. You could be opposite, more in touch with your "feminine" side. Then girls would be much better suited to your personality. Knowing what you're getting into will help you along the way. But it's going to take a great deal of patience with either gender so just try to explore more territory and open yourself to things you may not have done before.
They say you get a chance to grow up twice, once when you are a child and once when you have them. Don't miss out.
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