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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In your 50s with elementary school aged kids?  Sounds awful.[/quote]

You sound awful. I am 53 with a 10 year old. Our lives are awesome. I look like I am in my late 30s, am fit, healthy, have a great marriage and we financially secure for life. Take your ignorance somewhere else. [/quote]

I wasn’t the PP you quoted and your life sounds wonderful. Good for you for building your dream life.

The science is also VERY clear about advanced maternal AND paternal age and the impact on children in terms of autism rates and Down syndrome prevalence + other chromosomal abnormalities.

Doesn’t mean you don’t have kids late in life if that’s how your life path shakes out, but don’t pretend the science doesn’t exist either. [/quote]

You sound ageist.

Yes, the science is clear.  For example:

1) Children of older parents have fewer behavioral problems;

2) Older fathers have longer-living children;

3) Children of older mothers have fewer social and emotional issues, better language development, and fewer serious childhood injuries; and

4) Older mothers reprimand and physically abuse less, and their children have fewer emotional and social difficulties up to the age of 15.
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The same study for #1 discussed how advanced paternal age is strongly associated with autism disorders and schizophrenia. The research used for that study was testimony from the parents, their kids, and teachers. So, very subjective. Not going to continue down the list but like all things in life, it’s not black and white.

There’s definitely pros re emotional wellbeing and economic security of the child, and there’s also cons, and both those things can be true at the same time. Another quick example - by age 40, your chance of a kid with Down syndrome goes up to 1 in 100. At 25, it’s 1 in 1250.

How is acknowledging that massive increase from 25 to 40 ageism?[/quote]

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