Ambereen Hameed asks why parents shield daughters and solve their problems while telling sons to figure it out and not cry. She argues for equal compassion and emotional support for all children, regardless of gender.
Are you a parent? Are you a mother or a father who has different rules and regulations for your daughters and your sons? Do you treat them the same way? Do you show up with the same amount of love, care, compassion, nourishment, and all the good stuff? Or are you somebody who's giving your daughter more care, more safety, protecting her, You know, helping her solve her problems. And you're letting the son say, hey, you know what, figure it out. You got this. You're strong. Boys don't cry. That whole narrative, right? Now, if you feel me, comment down below. Say, I feel you. Why? If you feel me, I feel you. Let's just change the whole dynamics to say that as human beings, we're all going through the same stuff.
