It is rare that one can see in a little boy the promise of a man, but one can almost always see in a little girl the threat of a woman.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Often, women as little girls are sent off on a track for them to live a perfect life and be a perfect woman. Not for boys, who can be themselves with their mood and their temper.
I raised two sons, and I know that even though they're bigger and stronger than I am, they're still little boys inside. They still cry, they still hurt. So whenever I write a male character, no matter how 'heroic' he may be, I think of my sons. And I remember that every man was once a little boy.
Little girls as children, I think, are expected to behave better. If a boy's naughty at school, he's a little bit cheeky and mischievous. If a girl's naughty, she's trouble.
Inside every adult male is a denied little boy.
Having a daughter makes you see things in a different way. You have to see how you're carrying yourself because there's a little girl. There's not a little boy, there's a little girl. I think I'm a little more overprotective.
I'm terrified of having a little girl. Girls are more evil than boys.
In a family of all girls, I was always the 'boy' in my mind - the protector, the masculine one. No one would ever have to worry about me.
Nature makes boys and girls lovely to look upon so they can be tolerated until they acquire some sense.
Just as the child is father to the man, so the impressions of one's youth remain the most vivid in manhood.
To every little girl, her father is a hero. My father actually is one.