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Do older men make better dads?
Catherine McDiarmid-Watt |
Tuesday, July 01, 2008 |
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Despite the higher risk of baby fathered by an older man having autism or Down's Syndrome, older fathers may well be better for their offspring than their younger counterparts.
'What's it like, then?" people have been asking me a lot recently, usually with a peculiar lop-sided grin on their faces. "What's what like?" I reply, staring at them as blankly as possible.
A look of mild embarrassment comes over all but the thickest skinned of them, and they drop their voices down to a tactful mumble. "Well, you know… being an older dad."
Full story: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2130834/Do-older-men-make-better-dads.html
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About Catherine: I am mom to three grown sons, two grandchildren and two rescue dogs. After years of raising my boys as a single mom, I remarried a wonderful man who had never had a child of his own. Unexpectedly, I found myself pregnant at 49!
Sadly we lost that precious baby at 8 weeks, and decided to try again. Five more losses, turned down for donor egg, foster care and adoption due to my age and losses - we have accepted that there will be no more babies in our house.
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