“D’you say you had a little girl?” the waitress asked.
“No,” I said. “A boy.”
“Oh, good.” she said. “Little girls are awful. I only had boys but my sister had a girl, and what a little bitch!”

Yikes.

I thought, “Weren’t you a girl, lady? Don’t you remember how tough being a little girl was?” 

I’ve always heard that little boys are difficult at the beginning: lots of energy, death-defying stunts, no regard for others’ feelings. From my reading, all those qualities pretty much sum up toddler-hood, regardless of gender. Living with a toddler is like living with a sociopathic surrealist who likes to yell and is probably also drunk. They are also adorable and hilarious. But the boy/ girl thing? I’m not sure. I’m never having another child, so the mystery shall remain.

Let us suppose sexist bullsh!t begins at an early age and very young children are stereotyped based on sex. So when a child is acting like a normal toddler and is a boy, he’s fine. He’s “all boy.” But when a little girl acts like a normal toddler, maybe she’s seen as “out of control” or “wild.”

From my humble experience, all kids are interchangeably awful and amazing. Before I had kids, I asked a castmate of mine what it was like having kids, he said it was “Great and terrible at the same time, sometimes in the same moment.” Yep. And he had a boy AND a girl.

So tell me, are boys easier than girls? Are girls easier than boys? Or does it depend on the individual kid?