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hughrr | 4 years ago

This. I had kids in my early 20s. It’s great because I still have a connection with them even though two are adults.

Kids from much older parents (40+) are also almost completely weird.

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riversflow|4 years ago

> Kids from much older parents (40+) are also almost completely weird.

My experience is that kids from older parents are wise beyond their years, and tend to be far more well-adjusted adults.

cannabis_sam|4 years ago

> Kids from much older parents (40+) are also almost completely weird.

They are, in every quantitative and qualitative measure, far more well-adjusted than the poor children, like yours, who had no choice but to grow up with literal children as parents.

(Or maybe we shouldn’t generalize like this…?)

hughrr|4 years ago

No please do. You’re on the mark there. I was waiting for someone to make this point.

The weirdness comes from the social disparity and disconnectedness from peers their own age due to different social attitudes from parents.

The generalisation comes from the observation that older parents tend to lead to less progressive attitudes.

kashunstva|4 years ago

> Kids from much older parents (40+) are also almost completely weird.

By what measure? I was 42 and my wife was 40 when we had our daughter who is now 13 and headed off to full time pre conservatory program in violin next year. Well adjusted, sensitive and empathic, I can’t think of any way in which she’s ‘weird’ Certainly not by any conventional definitions of the word.

NateEag|4 years ago

> Well adjusted, sensitive and empathic

I'd say that's an unfortunately rare outcome.

Perhaps even a "weird" one.

guenthert|4 years ago

> Kids from much older parents (40+) are also almost completely weird.

Yeah, I love you too.