Is it harder to raise boys or girls?

Journalist:  Paula Spencer
Date:  June 17, 2008
Summary:  According to experts there are differences in how we handle boys and girls from birth.  Their brains aren’t wired the same.  This article examines areas such as discipline, communication, physical safety, self-esteem, and school to see which gender is harder to deal with.  For most of the areas it seems that boys are more difficult to deal with.  For example, in the area of discipline boys don’t seem to listen as well as girls.  From birth their hearing isn’t as good as girls.  Overall, there seems to be general consensus that boys are more of a handful early on and girls are more challenging in the preteen years.
Relevance:  gender differences in raising children
Questions:
1.  Did you agree or disagree with many of the gender differences that were examined in each area?
2.  In your opinion, who is harder to raise, males or females, and why?  Which gender would you prefer to parent?
Here is a link to the article.