Case studies: 'Mothers and daughters can share things fathers can't. It's a girlie relationship'

EILEEN Prior, of Edinburgh, is the mother of two boys and a girl, and she admits she treats them differently but insists it is not because of their gender.

She has boys aged 22 and 13 and a daughter who is 18.

She said: "It's time we moved away from the myth that we treat all boys one way and all girls another way.

"Children are all individuals with their own personalities and should be treated individually.