How many people on this forum (50+) with kids in elementary?

[Anonymous]

49 with 11 & 16

[Anonymous]

I am 52 with an 8-year-old and an 11-year-old.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I am 43 with a 3- and a 6-year old. I love my kids and being a mom and am contemplating one more baby. I come from a line of women with strong and long fertility. Oh, and I live in New York City where almost all of my friends had at least one child in their late 30s or early 40s, some in their mid 40s. There is a single mom at my older child's school with 3 kids: one she gave birth to herself at age 52, and the other two were twins via a surrogate when she was 55. She is 70 now and has 3 high school kids, and she looks amazing (although I should point out that she is well off and probably has a lot of help).

That’s sad. My parents were very healthy 70+ year olds in my late 40s (not when I was in HS!!). Age 70 to 80 is very different. These kids are going to be in college and struggling with elder care issues that people usually don’t deal with until their 40s and beyond. Not to mention never having their grandparents around.

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It's not fair to the kids. I have a friend who is an only child who dropped out of her PhD program to become a full-time caregiver for her elderly dad. She received her Masters, but her career plans were totally derailed in her field.

The woman is a famous artist, as in if I mention her name, you would know her. She had an incredible life prior to her kids and yes, 50s is super late to become a parent, but the alternative would have been worse, imo - never to have had her kids and for her kids to have not been born.

[Anonymous]

52 with a 10 year old.