Signed,
Another Woman Who Could Have Gone Into Math, But Who Preferred English
I remember having a math professor in college who told me I could go "all the way" with math and that an English major was for people "who weren't good at math" but it just didn't fulfill me the same way that the humanities did.
My
father told me that all the "stupid" people went into the humanities. Hence I spent three years as an engineering major hating every second but...still achieving. Perhaps it was this train of thought that got me thinking about the "wordy vs. mathy" topic. Still lingering issues over the value of non-math abilities.
I think it is hard to overcome societal gender training. At the young ages of your children I would simply encourage them to do what they love which it sounds like you already do! :-)
