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Balance for better

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Once when A was about 4yrs, I told him about my previous training in Field Archery, he responded back saying " ONLY   boys could do archery,what were you doing??", I was taken aback. I had a fun info session with my 4yr old to make him understand that Girls could DO anything and EVERYTHING what boys could do. Infact girls do even more at times aka they give birth!!! He just didn’t want to lose an argument, so kept on arguing for days that boys can deliver babies.. He even convinced a friend at his kinder.. ha ha.. Jokes apart, how did a 4yr old get to that conclusion so easily(so early in his life!!) ? Is it from the shows he watch? . From the mythical stories he watched, it showed men in battlefield and the super heroes fighting the bad guys were mostly ( from Marvel to DC mostly) MEN. International Women’s day is celebrated to talk about the issues STILL faced by women; we have come long way from where we were and yet long way to go before our children enjoy the