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Reply to "I think grandparents are out of touch now because a lot of us waited so long to have kids"
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[quote=Anonymous]Yes I experienced this. My parents were 30 and 34 when I was born, and I was 40 when my daughter was born, so they were in their 70s from day one. My mom developed dementia when my daughter was a toddler. My inlaws are a few years younger than my parents so they were pretty involved until DD turned 5 but then their age started to show a lot and has negatively impacted the relationship (largely b/c they don't want to travel to see us and don't have the energy for DD when we travel to visit their home). To compound matters our parents were very strict/old school and we are very progressive and non-authoritarian. It's hard. I just hope that DH and I age well so that it's less of a problem for our kid if she chooses to have kids. [/quote]
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