More protective for daughter than son? Wrong?

it would be because she's a girl :-)

i know that sounds "sexist" but through out all these centuries, women and girls are seen as "vaulnarable, innocent, and need protecting"

Though its obviously not the case its just your fatherly instincts coming through to protect your little girl. Your son can "hold his own"

It will be like this when they're older. your son will go out and drive around in cars with his friends, and you will be alright with it. its what boys do right?

For your daughter to go out and do this stuff, it will terrify you! you dont want her endangering herself!

But im sure it will get easier the older she gets.

With your wife, i guess you two will just need to discuss the situation together and come to an equal agreement.

That's pretty common, and the more so because your daughter is younger. However, I would encourage you to equalize things a bit by thinking about stuff you did with your son at about the same age. Your wife may be concerned that down the road your girl will be overprotected, and won't become a self-sufficient woman.

Try having some rougher fun with her, and see if she likes it. It might be a new way to spend time together, and it's good for girls to learn that they can be tough, as well as girly. You should look forward to teaching her to change a tire, gas the car, and swing a hammer, because she'll also need those skills from time to time. You get yourself ready for these ideas by treating her less like a "little girl" throughout her life.

I think it depends on the child's personailty and temperment. I have a son who is almost 5 and a daughter who is almost 3 and the girl will beat up any boy you put in front of her! My son is very shy and laid back....and my daughter is very vocal, bossy, sassy, miss attitude...I honestly say that I don't think I will ever have to worry about anyone bullying her or a boy being abusive to her once she starts dating...she will put a beat down on someone in a second!

I don't think its wrong to be more protective of the daughter. For one, she's younger, younger children need to be taken care of more by the parents. Also, as children grow older, they are more adventurous and it's a good idea for the parents to step back a tiny bit (emphasis on tiny).

well the question is more to do with the childrens tempermants than being over protective. with me and my sister if you tried to play nice with her you'd get sucker punched me on the other hand i was the quite kid that needed someone to watch out for me and be protective. if your being more protective of you daughter just because she's a girl, or does the age differences have something to do with it.