Pictured: World's oldest mother out with her 3-year-old

[pedinurse]

why is she not able to raise the child again?
my biggest problem is that they seem isolated.

 

[Paladin]

why are people cutting her on how she looks ? also she probably has thought things out and has someone who will look after the baby ? ...she may be selfish but at least the child is alive . there are younger mothers who abuse thier kids .. at least this little girl knows love .. and flame me all you want ..this is my opinion and i have a right to post it lol

Hypocritical much? lol

 

[Jolynna]

why are people cutting her on how she looks ? also she probably has thought things out and has someone who will look after the baby ? ...she may be selfish but at least the child is alive . there are younger mothers who abuse thier kids .. at least this little girl knows love .. and flame me all you want ..this is my opinion and i have a right to post it lol

I agree.

Having a loving mother that wanted her and will give this child good care is more important than looks and age. Lots of grandparents have raised children that didn't especially want that job, and still ended up being fantastic parents.

Maybe because of the extra effort and expense involved in her birth this little girl will be especially precious to her mom.

I think a baby born to a very young mother would be MORE at risk. This site is full of evidence of what happens to children born to immature, irresponsible, uncaring or worse young parents.

Old men like Michael Douglas and Hugh Hefner and The Donald are daddies and despite their age and not-very-good-looks and feet-in-the-grave nobody is calling them selfish.

Obviously this woman can afford whatever she had done and whatever happens the child will be provided for. A young parent that dies in a car crash often doesn't provide the same.

IMO

 

[Jolynna]

My mother was in her teens when she had me.

There are downsides to having VERY young parents also.

IMO

 

[eve]

My mother was in her teens when she had me.

There are downsides to having VERY young parents also.

IMO

Oh, Joly, I totally agree with that. I guess I'm projecting myself into this too much. I'm 50 - have 3 kids and work with kids all day - a child at 66? God forbid!!!!!! I was 35 when my last was born. I felt that was old in a way!

Hopefully all will be well and the child is surely loved. I guess families are never "ideal," even when they appear so. I just cannot relate to this personally, at all.

Eve

 

[philamena]

:sick: That's sick and selfish imo.
Mommy doesn't look very healthy. It's a shame her cute daughter will need to be raised by someone else.

 

[Glow]

Oh, Joly, I totally agree with that. I guess I'm projecting myself into this too much. I'm 50 - have 3 kids and work with kids all day - a child at 66? God forbid!!!!!! I was 35 when my last was born. I felt that was old in a way!

Hopefully all will be well and the child is surely loved. I guess families are never "ideal," even when they appear so. I just cannot relate to this personally, at all.

Eve

I kind of feel the same way Eve. Im 50 and having my granddaughter for a few hours feels akin to working out:crazy:

This is a really thought provoking thread with a lot of compelling ideas both pro/con.

I really dont know what I think. That bugs me since I usually like to know what I think!

It seems that nature itself "tells" us when a woman is past the age of giving birth by shutting down the "works". I am usually in favor of not interfering with natures wisdom, but I have to ask myself would I mind as much if this woman had adopted a child that was all alone in this world? Would that supercede the fact that she is older, making old mom better than no mom?

What about the concept of a womans "right to choose". If a young woman can use technology to safely abort a child, then does that allow for an older woman to use the same technology and concept of "my body, my choice" to have a child?

I will probably be thinking about this the rest of the day.

 

[Mr. E]

I had a baby four months ago (yes, I am a woman :crazy, and I'm pushing 40. My energy level with this child (she's my 3rd, my other two are middle and high school age) is very low. I don't know how a 70-year-old woman can keep up with a toddler. My mother visited to help me out last month, and I had to make sure she got a break every day to take a rest.

 

[Jeana (DP)]

I had a baby four months ago (yes, I am a woman :crazy, and I'm pushing 40. My energy level with this child (she's my 3rd, my other two are middle and high school age) is very low. I don't know how a 70-year-old woman can keep up with a toddler. My mother visited to help me out last month, and I had to make sure she got a break every day to take a rest.

I don't know how you do it. I had my last one (my third also) when I was 32. The thought that I'll probably have to babysit grand kids one day is enough to make me want to take a nap.

 

[Jolynna]

Oh, Joly, I totally agree with that. I guess I'm projecting myself into this too much. I'm 50 - have 3 kids and work with kids all day - a child at 66? God forbid!!!!!! I was 35 when my last was born. I felt that was old in a way!

Hopefully all will be well and the child is surely loved. I guess families are never "ideal," even when they appear so. I just cannot relate to this personally, at all.

Eve

The good thing about having kids really young is that by the time you are 50 they've left home.

But, after they leave you miss them. Our lawyer's wife is going is going through depression and won't get out of bed or change her clothes because her last child just went to college.

So, while I bet you do sometimes feel stressed with 3 kids and a job, enjoy them because all too soon they are gone. When I dream, in my dreams my grown kids are children.

IMO

 

[Jeana (DP)]

The good thing about having kids really young is that by the time you are 50 they've left home.

But, after they leave you miss them. Our lawyer's wife is going is going through depression and won't get out of bed or change her clothes because her last child just went to college.

So, while I bet you do sometimes feel stressed with 3 kids and a job, enjoy them because all too soon they are gone. When I dream, in my dreams my grown kids are children.

IMO

Geez!!!! That woman needs to get a life. She's not doing her kids any good by falling apart! Can't she volunteer someplace? There are a lot of kids who don't have parents who could use her!

 

[Jolynna]

I have 4 grandchildren and admit to sometimes being relieved when they leave.

BUT, I could raise them if needed.

My grandmother died two years ago. She was 96, lived alone and took care of herself and her home. She had her last baby NATURALLY (no IVF just grandpa) at 50. I have TWO uncles younger than I am.

I think people are living longer, are healthier and looking better than ever for their ages. Look at Ann Curry, Christie Brinkley or Raquel Welch...these are hot, healthy and vibrant ladies over 50. I don't think being a certain age means what it used to mean.

IMO

 

[Jolynna]

Geez!!!! That woman needs to get a life. She's not doing her kids any good by falling apart! Can't she volunteer someplace? There are a lot of kids who don't have parents who could use her!

That is so true. I will be seeing her husband this week and will make sure to ask him how she is doing.

 

[philamena]

SNIP

What about the concept of a womans "right to choose". If a young woman can use technology to safely abort a child, then does that allow for an older woman to use the same technology and concept of "my body, my choice" to have a child?

I will probably be thinking about this the rest of the day.

I believe and support a woman's right to choose. :clap:
I also believe that a woman should use common sense when considering having a child at 73.
It was imo, grossly selfish for the woman to birth a child at her age. That precious little girl will only have her mama for a few more years.

 

[philamena]

Geez!!!! That woman needs to get a life. She's not doing her kids any good by falling apart! Can't she volunteer someplace? There are a lot of kids who don't have parents who could use her!

:clap::clap::clap:
absolutely

 

[AmandaBrown23]

Ok look I had my first at 17 second at 19 and third at 23 and that last one completely wears me out, she is three years old I dont know how a 70 year old can handle it really.

 

[Floh]

Hey up, friends. you will find i've made a few posts in the pst about 'old' parents and here is the reason i'm aghast at the very idea: essentially my grandparents were my parents. they took me on as a brand new baby at 60 and 63 apiece and they honestly didn't have the energy to keep up with me as i was growing up.

they died by the time i was 23. sure, i was old enough to take care of myself by then and i had flown the coop when i was 19. but i can guarantee they didn't have the peaceful retirement they ought to have had with me around.

there are reasons they took me and those reasons were entirely selfish.

i am not saying i didn't love them, but i did resent being the butt of teasing by school friends for having such an old mum and dad. boo hoo me, you may say. i say walk a mile in someone else's shoes and it really was hard, you know.

i feel terribly for this child. life is hard enough in childhood without something so deliberately planned such as this freakdom. :crazy:

yes, i'm against the likes of older celebrity dads too, for similar reasons.

 

[philamena]

Steven Tyler

 

[philamena]

The child's mother.

 

[curiositycat]

Hey up, friends. you will find i've made a few posts in the pst about 'old' parents and here is the reason i'm aghast at the very idea: essentially my grandparents were my parents. they took me on as a brand new baby at 60 and 63 apiece and they honestly didn't have the energy to keep up with me as i was growing up.

they died by the time i was 23. sure, i was old enough to take care of myself by then and i had flown the coop when i was 19. but i can guarantee they didn't have the peaceful retirement they ought to have had with me around.

there are reasons they took me and those reasons were entirely selfish.

i am not saying i didn't love them, but i did resent being the butt of teasing by school friends for having such an old mum and dad. boo hoo me, you may say. i say walk a mile in someone else's shoes and it really was hard, you know.

i feel terribly for this child. life is hard enough in childhood without something so deliberately planned such as this freakdom. :crazy:

yes, i'm against the likes of older celebrity dads too, for similar reasons.

I agree with this, since I had somewhat of a similar experience. I have been an adult orphan most of my life. There are times when I felt embarrassed also with older parents. Though mine were not as old as your grandparents when they had me. I just am totally against a man or a woman having kids that they aren't going to be around much.