This article, written by Jon Witt, is about how children affect their parent's gender roles. When parents have sons, the father is more likely to be more "masculine" and the mother is more likely to be more "feminine". Parents respond to their sons like this because their sons will eventually grow up and have a more "rigid" gender role. Daughters do not have the same effect on their parents because they will not have the same "rigid" gender role. I agree with the article because when children are young they are most impressionable and parents want to give their children a clear idea of gender roles. Gender roles give an idea of the appropriate behaviors, attitudes, and way of life of males and females.
