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Some gender differences between boys and girls do begin to appear early on. Here are just a few discoveries researchers have made:

 Boy babies are less aware of faces.

 Girl babies have a much better sense of touch.

 The retinas in the back of boys’ eyes are differently made, so they see more movement, and less colour and texture.

 Boys grow faster and stronger, yet they are more troubled by separations from their mother.

 Boys in toddlerhood move around more and occupy more space.

 Boys like to handle and manipulate objects more, and build high buildings out of blocks, while girls prefer low-rise.

 At preschool boys tend to ignore a new child who arrives in the group, while girls will notice and befriend him or her.

And sadly, adults tend to treat boys more harshly: studies have shown that parents hug and cuddle girl children far more, even as newborn babies. They tend to talk less to boy babies, and mothers of boys are likely to hit them harder and more often than they do girl children.

This is sad because boys need the very opposite, to be taught gentleness and shown lots of laughter and physical closeness.