You've heard that parents treat sons and daughters similarly, except for behavior explicitly related to gender roles. Explain. Does it differ from mothers to fathers?

What will be an ideal response?

A good answer will be similar to the following:
In behaviors related to gender roles, parents respond differently to sons and daughters.
- Activities such as playing with dolls, dressing up, or helping an adult are encouraged more often in daughters than in sons; rough-and-tumble play and playing with blocks are encouraged more in sons than in daughters.
- Parents tolerate mild aggression more in sons than in daughters.
- Fathers are more likely than mothers to treat sons and daughters differently. Fathers often encourage gender-related play more than mothers.
- Fathers push their sons to achieve more but accept dependence in their daughters.
- Children's gender-related interests, attitudes, and self-concepts are more traditional when their parents have traditional views and more gender-neutral when their parents have nontraditional views.

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