Reply to Too big an age gap?

Forum Index » Relationship Discussion (non-explicit)

Reply to "Too big an age gap?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]https://www.autismspeaks.org/science/science-news/study-ties-dad’s-age-risk-autism-other-mental-disorders-kids

Dads 45 and older are 25 times more likely to have a kid with bipolar disorder (and that won't be readily apparent at birth or in early childhood).

[/quote]

+1[/quote]

I'm so old that I remember the three decades when we were told to eat only margarine, no butter, and limit egg consumption to two per week.  Popsci is often wrong.  [/quote]

Scientists were wrong once so we shouldn't believe anything they say, ever.  Seems like great logic to me. [/quote]

Here is where education is important... watch this....

Questions: 
What was the age of the mothers in the study? the article said "as parents age increases" so there is a mother involved in this equation.
Are these numbers adjusted for other risk factors? the article didn't mention this.
What is the original chance of these disorders? The article didn't give this %.
Why does the article only quote some rates of increase without providing a base line? Is there an agenda by the author?

Also...
if you are so concerned about the change of having a child with a disorder "cause of the man" then there is certainly one sure fire way to prevent that outcome. DON'T HAVE A CHILD. [/quote]

I'll just have a child with a non-old-man.  Thanks. [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics