It's like my head

“Except they did find that while girls were being told they’re the smartest, biggest, best, whatever, boys were being praised for what a good job they
were doing. Even though parents praised both genders equally, boys were praised for their efforts 24.4 percent of the time; girls, only 10.3 percent. Boys, then, were being primed from early childhood to do something with their brains and skills and ability to remember to cover their mouths when they sneezed. And while girls, too, were told how smart and clever they were, they were more likely to grow up believing that they couldn’t build upon or develop those traits.”