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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I haven't read all the replies (and people, the quote-posts are getting WAY too long to follow.) But having been on several sides of this, I wonder why the OP thinks having kids young somehow avoids these issues. My mother had me and my siblings in her early 20s and by the time I was in HS she was dealing with a parent w/Alzheimers. Sure, she was 35 but that didn't make it "easy" to care for an elderly parent; I don't think it was an easier for me when I had to deal with it in my 40s. It's awful and sad and there's not much you can do to avoid it, other than die young (which also sucks.)[/quote]

it's about statistics. The chances of young people born to moms in their late 30s and early 40s dealing with aging parents in while they, they children are in their 20s and 30s is higher. They will have a far worse sandwich than those who came before them. In your 40s you are more likely to be established in a job and family. You don't risk losing your job to help mom and dad. You don't give up your young and fun single years to care for mom and dad. [/quote]

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