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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Of course every story is different, but when I hear of an older mom having a baby on her own, I recall the sad story of playwright Wendy Wasserstein and her daughter (born when Wasserstein was 48, 
left an orphan seven years later).

https://www.haaretz.com/jewish/.premium-2006-wendy-wasserstein-who-never-had-it-all-dies-1.5491957[/quote]

Yes, of course this is sad, but what does it have to do with Hoda? Parents die all the time, but people keep harping on about age as if there’s a direct correlation between the mother’s age (of course it’s always the mother) and her age of death. Women live into their 80s and 90s and beyond, so someone in their 50s isn’t ancient despite the handwringing of so many. All this drama Is tiresome. Instead of feeling happy for her and her children, people like you and other PPs seem to be waiting for her to die so your little theory can be proven and you can shout ‘I told you so.’ [/quote]

I don't think it's fair to the child to take this on, especially if there is not a strong support network/family nearby. It's a fact that you're more likely to die before your child reaches adulthood if you become a parent at 50 than one at 30.[/quote]

Show me your facts.[/quote]

30/40's are fine.  50's are ok if one parent is younger.  However, both parents in their 50's is risky.  Its not fair to a child to lose both parents at 16-22.[/quote]

These aren't facts. They are your opinions.[/quote]

Haha. Np here.  I'm 53, and like it or not, I am closer to death at the age of 53 than I was when I was 35.  No one lives forever and that's a fact.  The odds of dying go up the older you get.

If I adopted a new baby today I would be 71 years old at that child's HS graduation and 75 by the time they graduated college.  That's pretty old to be dealing with teenagers, college apps, dorm move ins, doctor appts, etc.  I'm sure there are older people who do this for their kids but, man, that can not be easy.[/quote]

You think Hoda will be moving her children into dorms?

When you have money, none of this matters.  Are you seriously comparing yourself to a Hollywood elite?  [/quote]

I think that Hoda will be taking her kids on campus tours, she'll be with them when they move into their dorms and she'll be helping them to set up their dorm rooms.  She might be elite (and no our lives are nothing alike) but she is still a parent.[/quote]

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