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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am 39 with my daughter in 7th grade. We have paid tuition since 3rd. I love being a young mom. Never wanted to wait to have kids.  I am not intimidated by the oldies in her class. Some look like grandparents. Half won't be alive to actually be grandparents. [/quote]

Don't worry, you might not actually live to be a grandparent either.  You may get hit by a car, die of cancer, tragedy may strike or you or your children, or you may just die younger than a lot of the "oldies" you see around.  I had my first child when I was "older" and wouldn't change a thing.  I had a career and life before my kids, I got to spend 10 years with DH and enjoy life before the responsibility of children, and now we can comfortably enjoy our life and have plenty of money for our kids.  It also seems that you can afford afford tuition for a single child.  BFD. Maybe with age and experience comes the fact that I wouldn't feel the need to be such an ahole on an anonymous board.  Oh, and if you saw me, you'd likely guess that I'm 33 not 40 something and my guess is that I'm hotter than you.   [/quote]

That's not necessary. I am a young mom (NP here), and one of my greatest fears is that something will happen to me and I won't be there for my children as they get older. No need to point out the obvious, we are all afraid of leaving our families behind in an untimely fashion. Grandchildren are just icing on the cake.

signed, a 29-yo with a 5-yo and a 2-yo[/quote]

You are 29 and have a child entering K at an independent school around here? You will definitely be younger than the norm unless you're considering a parochial school. [/quote]

NP here.  Ignore her, and the poster who said she didn't know anyone who lived in NW, had kids in their early/mid-20s, and could afford big 3 tuition.    There are a bunch of us around (and yes, we cover full tuition by ourselves).   Lots of older moms too.  And medium-aged moms.  The best part is, nice people are nice people.  So stick with those![/quote]

You have 29 YO moms at your kids' independent school in the DC area? I wasn't being snarky at all.  I just don't know anyone at our DC's school who had a child at 24, and it's not a fancy or expensive independent school by DC standards. Even my friends with kids at parochial schools had kids much later.[/quote]

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