Billion Word and One Aiza Khan

Generally parents love their children regardless of gender. There are, however, differences in how the love is expressed. Human relationships within a family are always influenced by gender, position in family (first born, middle. youngest child) and temperament (Family members with similar temperament traits understand each other better). Gender works both ways. The child-parent relationship is special between a parent and a child of opposite sexes.  The father sees himself in his son, the mother in her daughter. This often leads to a lot of expectations and a stricter attitude towards the child on behalf of the parent of the same sex. The child also measures himself against the parent of the same sex. This amounts to disagreements accumulating between them during the teenage years as the young person seeks his/her identity and gradually established his/her independence. This can be especially fierce between father and son and even lead to profound disagreements, which only begin to milden, when the son reaches adulthood. The young male has to overpower the head of the herd.

Between parent and child of opposite sexes life is smoother and based on mutual admiration. The relationship gets more difficult with the appearance of girl/ boyfriends to shake the boat. A father tends to be strict towards anyone stealing his beautiful daughter from him and the mother thinks no one is good enough for her dear son. That’s my feelings for my Daughter. I always wished to have a daughter my first child and my wife was against my wish. But thanks God, I am blessed with a beautiful daughter, and I am a girly Girl’s father, with the hope that we are starting our life from the beginning again