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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Janx" data-source="post: 5794564" data-attributes="member: 8835">I agree.I do find it maddening when discussing a study about general trends about how purple people tend to have more blumonomin in their skin that reacts with the red blood cells, and somebody chimes in with "No way!  my cousin who's quarter purpolite looks totally white and that's a colorist stereotype!'generalities are about the majority of the population group.  Exceptions, while interesting, are outside the discussion zone.  Individuals always exhibit variance and deviation.  While interesting, pointing them out to prove a point merely reveals that you don't the concept of statistics.Therefore, in the case of "girls prefer beauty", the debatable point is not about how your kid isn't like that.  It's about the general assessment of girls in general, and whether that is an accurate generalization of the group.On the topic of BG's kid not playing with Legos:Sorry to hear he doesn't dig making stuff.  Maybe he just doesn't have the Knack.  I'm not sure can force him into playing with a toy.  My experience with everything I've done that I'm good at or enjoy is that I just gravitate towards it.  If he isn't drawn to Legos, my default conclusion is, he isn't drawn to building things.</blockquote>