Ethan's Top Five Reasons To Be Happy about the Prospect
of Being an Older Parent:
1. Older parents are
less likely to be competitive with their children. Fifty-year-old fathers
don't try to beat their 17-year-old sons at basketball. (At least, they
don't try twice.) Fifty-year-old mothers don't hope to be mistaken for
their daughter's sister. A 30-plus-year age gap between child and parent
allows enough separation so that the relationship doesn't turn creepy.
2. Maturity is a more
valuable parenting asset than physical stamina. Yes, parenting is a
physical challenge but it is first and foremost an emotional challenge.
Having the energy to weather the many crises of raising children is
less important than having the poise to stay calm throughout.
3. (Ancillary to #1)
As an older parent, you are less likely to embarrass your teenage sons
and daughters by trying to act "cool," "street,"
or "hip." Being uncool is your destiny as a parent. Age lets
you wear the mantle with dignity and grace.
4. Older parents are
less likely to struggle financially. While money doesn't buy happiness
for a child, it does buy pretty much everything else.
5. Older parents have
more wisdom to pass along to their children. Twenty-five-year-olds may
think they're adults in full but 35-year-olds know better.
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