Posted on 05/12/2007 11:43:22 AM PDT by Minn
Would someone want a child when "menopausal"?
Let me think...... nope, not I.
I agree with you. Anyone who desires have children when she is menopausal, or post-menopausal, is, in my opinion, a kook. But it seems like she is being attacked for opting for a career and college education. I think both are important and essential in todays world. Some people are too selfish to have children.
Many children are raised by grandparents and they both not only survive but thrive. Should age really be a issue?
IT’s stupid to interfere with nature. There’s a reason why a woman is fertile up to a certain age and not fertile at 60.
What a disgusting and irresponsible lady. Kids aren’t an investment - it’s not about you.
At age 60, she would be lucky to see the child graduate from High School.
I don’t think she really understands what 60 and pregnant is.
1. Are you saying that giving birth to a child when women are 60, who will not be of age until you are 78, will engender a child who receives the attention and nurture and focus a child needs as the mother goes through the health issues prevalent to people in their 70s.
2. let us hear your version of selfless.
Raising a teenager when you’re in your seventies sounds like fun!
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Michael Douglas was 59 when his daughter was born. Imus is an “old” dad. Larry King is an “old” dad. Why do men get a second chance to be Daddy after they screwed up the first time?
I wouldn’t recommend it at 60 but she would be 76-78. Many are living to be 90-100. Yall jumped on 60 but I think that was her high number. You could be talking about late 40’s too, which still could be rough. Would it be better for her to have a career and be a single mother? Many choose this option. I liked how she believes that a child needs a daddy also.
This stuff is really unbelievable. My parents are in their sixties and very active, yet they get pretty tired of chasing and playing with my kids for a day. This woman really can’t see the big picture from any angle.
Having a baby at 50 or 60 is completely beyond my understanding. 78 when sending one off to college? Sillyness. There is a reason women have a natural end to their fertile years.
This is selfishness writ large.
***IT’s stupid to interfere with nature. There’s a reason why a woman is fertile up to a certain age and not fertile at 60.***
How right you are! My mother-in-law FREQUENTLY observed while she watched her own daughter and me chasing after our children, “Thank God only the young have children.”
She'll be dead and buried before this child would be grown.
So you think It’s alright to have a child at 60? Would that be in the best interest of a child? It’s the age that she talks about having children I have a problem with. Can a sixty year old take care of a child like a 30 year old? No!
“If she survives childbearing and childbirth.”
She might contract that part out.
In the UK, "ordinary" is more like 1.2 children if you're non immigrant.
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