Mary and Joe are very concerned about their 9-year-old daughter. She doesn't seem to be adjusting to their move cross country at all. The move has involved some real difficulties, but Mary and Joe thought they would be able to weather them. Their son, who is 11, seems to have bounced right back and is happy and busy making friends. Their daughter was like that before the move but just seems to be taking the move really hard. Which of the following statements might explain this?
Girls are just more sensitive.
The difference between the children's adjustment could be explained in terms of differential susceptibility; she is an orchid; he is a dandelion.
Boys at age 11 are so preoccupied with the peer group they don't care about anything else.
They are missing the possibility that their son is also having problems adjusting; like most boys, he internalizes his feelings. This happiness thing is all an act.