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

[Anonymous]

52 with an 8 year old

[Anonymous]

I am early 60’s with a 6th grader.

[Anonymous]

Have any of your kids brought up the fact that you are older parents?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Have any of your kids brought up the fact that you are older parents?

Older? Honey, we are normal around here.

People in their late 20s with kids are the weirdos in the DC area.

[Anonymous]

I shared this thread with my husband to get his opinions. His father was 40 when husband was born and died when husband was only 32. He misses his dad tremendously and would love it if he were still around. Your kids don’t care if you “traveled, and really got well established in your career” before you decided to have them. They would prefer that you be alive.

The “old parent” movement is just wrong. You people spend thousands and thousands on fertility treatments, drop the kids at daycare, pat yourself on the back for “having it all”, then drop dead when your kids are in their 20s.

Rant over.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I shared this thread with my husband to get his opinions. His father was 40 when husband was born and died when husband was only 32. He misses his dad tremendously and would love it if he were still around. Your kids don’t care if you “traveled, and really got well established in your career” before you decided to have them. They would prefer that you be alive.

The “old parent” movement is just wrong. You people spend thousands and thousands on fertility treatments, drop the kids at daycare, pat yourself on the back for “having it all”, then drop dead when your kids are in their 20s.

Rant over. [/quote




I'd rather have an "old" parent for thirty years than a young, mean b*tch for a mother!

BTW, my young mother died when I was 20, so pi$$ off! Rant over.

[Anonymous]

I no longer have children in elementary school, but I had my youngest when I was 43. He is 15 now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Have any of your kids brought up the fact that you are older parents?

Older? Honey, we are normal around here.

People in their late 20s with kids are the weirdos in the DC area.

I would say the average is still having kids in your 30s to maybe early 40s. So yes, older.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I shared this thread with my husband to get his opinions. His father was 40 when husband was born and died when husband was only 32. He misses his dad tremendously and would love it if he were still around. Your kids don’t care if you “traveled, and really got well established in your career” before you decided to have them. They would prefer that you be alive.

The “old parent” movement is just wrong. You people spend thousands and thousands on fertility treatments, drop the kids at daycare, pat yourself on the back for “having it all”, then drop dead when your kids are in their 20s.

Rant over.

Or people start trying when they are 30, have fertility issues, start ivf, it takes several rounds to get pregnant and then have recurrent losses and then finally have success. They are happy to have a family in the end although realise they are older. Others don't understand.

rant over.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I shared this thread with my husband to get his opinions. His father was 40 when husband was born and died when husband was only 32. He misses his dad tremendously and would love it if he were still around. Your kids don’t care if you “traveled, and really got well established in your career” before you decided to have them. They would prefer that you be alive.

The “old parent” movement is just wrong. You people spend thousands and thousands on fertility treatments, drop the kids at daycare, pat yourself on the back for “having it all”, then drop dead when your kids are in their 20s.

Rant over.

Did having older parents cause your husband to marry a judgemental ignorant bitch? How do we prevent that?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I shared this thread with my husband to get his opinions. His father was 40 when husband was born and died when husband was only 32. He misses his dad tremendously and would love it if he were still around. Your kids don’t care if you “traveled, and really got well established in your career” before you decided to have them. They would prefer that you be alive.

The “old parent” movement is just wrong. You people spend thousands and thousands on fertility treatments, drop the kids at daycare, pat yourself on the back for “having it all”, then drop dead when your kids are in their 20s.

Rant over.

Did having older parents cause your husband to marry a judgemental ignorant bitch? How do we prevent that?

One PP here. But I like what she said.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I shared this thread with my husband to get his opinions. His father was 40 when husband was born and died when husband was only 32. He misses his dad tremendously and would love it if he were still around. Your kids don’t care if you “traveled, and really got well established in your career” before you decided to have them. They would prefer that you be alive.

The “old parent” movement is just wrong. You people spend thousands and thousands on fertility treatments, drop the kids at daycare, pat yourself on the back for “having it all”, then drop dead when your kids are in their 20s.

Rant over.

Tell your DH his father should have taken better care of himself since he died really young. My father died at 93, and he was 50 when I was born.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Have any of your kids brought up the fact that you are older parents?

Not once

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I shared this thread with my husband to get his opinions. His father was 40 when husband was born and died when husband was only 32. He misses his dad tremendously and would love it if he were still around. Your kids don’t care if you “traveled, and really got well established in your career” before you decided to have them. They would prefer that you be alive.

The “old parent” movement is just wrong. You people spend thousands and thousands on fertility treatments, drop the kids at daycare, pat yourself on the back for “having it all”, then drop dead when your kids are in their 20s.

Rant over.

Tell your DH his father should have taken better care of himself since he died really young. My father died at 93, and he was 50 when I was born.

Plenty parenrs die young. There are no guarantees in life.

[Anonymous]

We are 50 and 53, with a 7 year old daughter.