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Charlie Elizabeth Culverhouse

Are boys more sensitive than girls? We ask the experts (and it might surprise you)

Little boy crying.

A therapist has claimed that boys are more sensitive than girls, going against the long held belief otherwise. But what do experts have to say about the research? 

It's long been the traditionally held belief that girls are more sensitive than boys. But with the new parenting focus on childhood mental health exposing things like the risk factors for childhood depression that affect boys and girls alike, as well as the complex adrenarche phase of development that affects all six-nine year olds regardless of gender, parents have been forced to challenge that belief. 

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