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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I understand that one can't generalize -- however, my kids are now young adults (I'm in my mid- 50's), and in a couple of cases, it is worrisome to me [b]to see folks in their 50's with school-age children, because in one case, the couple just seems really tired (with a high-schooler who has a serious mental health problem) and in another, one parent has developed a serious health problem.  [/b]No, you can't predict, but the odds are different.  I stay out late on occasion, but I'm glad I'm not doing those late-night bar/bat mitzvah pickups -- you still need to be able to supervise teens.[/quote]

These are not a function of their age.  I know a number of families with special needs children and the parents are often "just really tired" and exhausted from caring for their special needs child.  Some of them are in the 30's and some in their 40's.  Frankly, it's a function of your physical strength and stamina and varies more per person than it does per age.    Likewise, I know some friends who are in their late 20's and early 30's and had children and developed serious health problems.  The health issues that they developed are not age-related at all, but they developed health issues that required them to take extended leave from work.

You seem to want to attribute unrelated issues to age but you haven't shown any correlation between the situations and your conclusions.[/quote]

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