B.C.
I have two boys and an angel.
Ok so that is not quite fair, but honestly my daughter is sweet and mild mannered and well behaved and the boys....Hoodlums and they have all been raised with the same Mom, same rules = )
I gave up a LONG time ago and although it maybe makes me a bad mom, I picked my battles, and one that I let go was I do not care if they jump on the couch...I was going to lose my mind if I had to say 20 times in less than 20 minutes to stop, so I gave up. Really once kids know certain things no longer bug you...sometimes it actually becomes less of an issue = )
At least it worked for me...I can also say honestly I have a classroom of 11 to 12 3 year olds...I can tell the boys many times ( sometimes every five minutes) not to put there hands on each other or take them apart from wrestling...the girls do not have those issues hardly ever. I know there are sweet boys out there...but I do think it is partly Gender!!!!