What percent of people do you know who are less than 30 years younger that at least one of their parents?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm an elder millennial (born in '82) when my parents were ages 30 & 31. I remember being so embarrassed by my "old" parents in elementary school when compared to my peers parents. My mom didn't fit in with the other younger moms and I think it definitely hurt me socially. I didn't get as many playdate invites. My parents friends were all their ages and had older kids so when we went to dinner parties or other parties, it was always me hanging solo, all the parents, and all their teenage kids.

I noticed things were the opposite now. The kids in elem. school with younger parents are the "outcasts" whose parents tend to keep to themselves or with one other set of parents. Most of the parents of the kids are in their 30s or 40s. And I only say "outcasts" because kids don't exclude kids because of their parents. Kids are taught TO exclude other kids for one reason or another.

It depends on where you grew up. The average age for first time mothers is 27. But numbers will vary greatly by state. In lower income neighborhoods the average age in the 1980s was about 24 years old. In the educated areas of the country, particularly the Northeast half of first time mothers were 30 years old +. The average age still being 27. A 30 year old mother is not noticeably too young or too old. It’s average.