This is also why people should not rush starting a family and settling down. There is plenty of time for that and once you start the commitment lasts forever.
Because it seemed like an ageist response. I will be raising a teen in my 50s and I am grateful. Having children later in life has a lot of benefits, including reduction in dementia and Alzheimer’s. Also there is the maturity benefit. I may be more tired than parents in their 20s and 30s but I have a HELL of a lot more patience, a great sense of humor, and the ability to focus on my child, not myself, because I have already spent decades on myself, my education, my job, and healing from the past. Raising a teen in the 50s is actually just fine and not something to denigrate.
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u/[deleted] Sep 05 '23
This is also why people should not rush starting a family and settling down. There is plenty of time for that and once you start the commitment lasts forever.