Why Can't Science And Math Keep Their Girls? One Parent's Experience

Wednesday, September 1, 2010 - 10:14 in Psychology & Sociology

My son thinks science is cool. He loves biology.  My daughter used to like science, now she says she hates it - she hates math too. She's just started middle school. That's the age when girls walk away from science - or at least the research tells us they do. I've been trying to figure out why my daughter - who spent the last five years in a science and math magnet - now isn't interested in either subject. read more

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