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Did you actually read it? It does not agree with you. Look under the heading "second question."
I did the math in the post above, enumerating the possibilities for you to try to help you find your mistake.
Edit, in response to the edit:
Which is exactly analogous to what Jiro was saying about the Tuesday question. So we all agree now? Tuesday can raise your probability slightly above 50%, as was said all along.
And you are immediately making the exact same mistake again. You are told ONE child is a boy, you are NOT told the FIRST child is a boy. You do understand that these are different?
Re-read it.