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Originally Posted by ShellyCrash
I have two close friends who were late in life "surprises" when their parents didn't think they could still have kids, as was my fiancee, and I was primarily raised by my grandparents. We are all very well adjusted.
Personally, having a very young mother, I think older adults make better parents.
I feel, especially in today's society, haivng a child in your 40's is pretty acceptable. The only thing that concerns me with older mothers is the risk of down syndrome. Once you pass 50 then new issues are raised, such as can a 70 year old adequately parent an adolescent / teenager, or life expectancy - will the parent reasonably be around long enough to see the child through to adulthood.
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I can see where you are coming from. But I can see a 70 year old adequately parenting in the teen years if they taught and nurtured them from birth. It comes down to the parenting from day 1 which will mold the relationship in the formative and teen years.
70 year old's may not have the physical strength but the one thing they have is wisdom and life experience in having already lived that long. And paying that forward is a strength to pay forward more than a physical strength. It's about having lived in mind and spirit, not just body. That is nurturing from more than just physically keeping up.