My favorite thing about my therapist’s office was not the classical music (it kind of stresses me out) or the view of Central Park (which was indeed lovely), it was his subscription to Psychology Today. This is a magazine that does not come very often, it seems (for a few weeks, as I read the same article about jealousy OVER AND OVER, I was sure he had CANCELLED his subscription which kind of made me stop wanting to go back…) but is very well written and also sometimes even provides a good topic for a 50 minute session of whining. I was thrilled, therefore, when I realized (thank you Book Bench) that Psychology Today is ONLINE (for some reason, this possibility NEVER occurred to me…). I just read this article about how girls and boys learn differently. How boys are rewarded just for sitting still, so they feel like they can accomplish difficult tasks by trying, but girls are afraid of tasks that are “difficult” because they are rewarded/praised for being good at things. As a person who only likes to do things I am pre-existingly good at (which limits my activities considerably…) I agree that this is very likely true.
But who needs Psychology Today when you have the amazing comedian Louis CK to sum it all up.
That was amazing.
The sand in the drink hit a nerve. My son is autistic, but according to the comic, he’s just like most boys, good at busting up the house.
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