Older women with younger men and VICE-VERSA!

[Dr Doran]

You are going to love it GoldLeaf. They become so much a part of your life that you can't even remember what it was like without them.

EXACTLY.

I kind of wish he would learn to walk to the bathroom and use it on his own though.

EXACTLY.

 

[$ally]

http://www.webmd.com/baby/news/20090309/older-fathers-lower-iq-in-kids

 

[Dr Doran]

Holy Resurrected Threads, Batman!

Wow. Well, my dad was almost 50 when I was born and my IQ isn't suffering. My daughter was born when I was 36 and she was tested as having 3 year old verbal ability already at 2 years and 3 months. But then again if neither of us had waited, maybe the scores would have been higher ... who knows. And of course one must not hold one's own experience as generally representative, as horribly tempting as that can be ....

Isn't that link to only one study? Well, I love studies. Let's see how this topic pans out.

Then again, seeing how censored IQ research can be, it may get quashed ... I'm thinking of J. Philippe Rushton and Arthur Jenson, and of course Watson of Watson And Crick, the founders of DNA.

 

[Miss_Bella_Hell]

My parents are old and my brother and I are, mostly likely, smarter than all you all. lol

 

[Dr Doran]

My parents are old and my brother and I are, mostly likely, smarter than all you all. lol

How charmingly modest. A MENSA snob.

 

[Lefty]

My parents were dead before I was born and, ummm, I've got an i.q. of 947, and uhhh my 16 brothers and I can juggle, whistle any symphony ever written - backwards, and cook the perfect crepe. lol

 

[Tomasso]

"The significance of the effect linking paternal age and child cognition is small compared to many other socio-cultural factors -- for example good prenatal nutrition, good nutrition for the offspring, good education, nurturing home life, excellent teaching and school opportunities [and so on]."

Ya, think!?!?

Established older men can make fine parents; mind you, today it's usually their second families (the progeny of trophy wives) which reap the benefits.

 

[Chas]

At the end of the day, who gives a poop?

Whatever makes you happy, fill your boots, and be damned to what anyone else thinks. Anyone who seeks approval in this life ends up miserable and is an unwitting schmuck.

 

[Dr Doran]

"The significance of the effect linking paternal age and child cognition is small compared to many other socio-cultural factors -- for example good prenatal nutrition, good nutrition for the offspring, good education, nurturing home life, excellent teaching and school opportunities [and so on]."

Ya, think!?!?

Established older men can make fine parents; mind you, today it's usually their second families (the progeny of trophy wives) which reap the benefits.

I suspect heredity may play a part as well.

 

[Talbot]

A person's outlook determines thier age.

One of the youngest people I know is Gil Askey - he's 84 and one of the most youthful people I have ever met.

http://www.abc.net.au/gnt/history/Transcripts/s1151990.htm

Talbot

 

[Miss_Bella_Hell]

How charmingly modest. A MENSA snob.

I'm not THAT smart.

 

[Tomasso]

I suspect heredity may play a part as well.

Sure, but I'll take environment over genetics any day.

 

[jamespowers]

EXACTLY.



EXACTLY.

Well, he'll walk there now. Its just he isn't exactly using it every time. Interesting considering he will change his own diaper. [huh] :eusa_doh:

 

[jamespowers]

Sure, but I'll take environment over genetics any day.

That kind of environment I could get to like---a lot.

 

[Bourbon Guy]

Well at nine months he is still not on a regular schedule. Sleep?! What is that? I just love waking up at 1, 4 and 7 every morning.
The whole thing about how fast they learn is amazing. Stand up, take a few steps, fall down and do it all over again.
You are going to love it GoldLeaf. They become so much a part of your life that you can't even remember what it was like without them. I kind of wish he would learn to walk to the bathroom and use it on his own though.

Regards,

J

Love hearing a man enjoying being a father. Nothing better than that.

 

[Feraud]

My parents are old and my brother and I are, mostly likely, smarter than all you all. lol

And more modest.

 

[Miss 1929]

Now, THAT'S philosophy!

At the end of the day, who gives a poop?

Whatever makes you happy, fill your boots, and be damned to what anyone else thinks. Anyone who seeks approval in this life ends up miserable and is an unwitting schmuck.

I totally agree.

 

[$ally]

My parents were in their 40s when they had me, and I'm freaking brilliant. Well, I'm alright anyway; 4.0 in college, no health problems (not even allergies). They had my brothers when they were in their 20s, and well, my brothers are taller and more outgoing...
hmmmmm [huh]

 

[donCarlos]

A person's outlook determines thier age.

One of the youngest people I know is Gil Askey - he's 84 and one of the most youthful people I have ever met.
Talbot

That´s true! One of our dons (I hope that´s the right expression for a college/university teacher), he´s 72 years old and each time we see him, he always says two things:
"I forbid you to die before you´re 80, there´s too much to do!"
and
"I´m attending a philosophy class after I finish here. Who´s in?"
(and some more, like "You´re young, you seek happiness, but you don´t know what it is. I´m old, I know it. It´s money" lol )

That man is younger than we are...

 

[HadleyH]

Whatever makes you happy, fill your boots, and be damned to what anyone else thinks. Anyone who seeks approval in this life ends up miserable and is an unwitting schmuck.

Exactly. We all have to live our lives as we see fit.
That's all there is to it.