What is it with boys?

"Kevin Karplus" wrote in message
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The Pitsco catalog has a nice model trebuchet to build. It is a bit
difficult for a 7-year-old, but should be doable by a 10-year-old.
A 7-year-old has no trouble firing it, if an adult helps build it.
It fires bits of clay (about 2 gram balls) and should please the
kids enthusiatic about medieval weaponry without getting into
blood-and-guts play.


Thanks. DS would be thrilled with something like that. I think it would be
a good science project too [we homeschool]. I will point husband in that
direction and see what develops!

-Aula

Yup, mine sure did (and do) similar things. I'm the mom of three, two
sons and a daughter, now 13, 10 and 6.

I can remember when my middle child, a boy, was 3 or 4. We were out
somewhere and he was riding in the stroller. You have to picture what
an sweet angelic looking creature he was - big blue eyes, rosy cheeks,
pale blonde hair. An older lady came by and was admiring him (I can't
recall what she said, but something innocuous like "Aren't you a fine
looking boy?". He turned to me and said in a loud voice "I don't like
that lady. I'd like to chop her with a sword! Argh. Earth open and
swallow me now!

I still can't get over the difference between my sons and my daughter.
Whole different animals. Not better or worse, just wholly another
planet.

Mary G.