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Originally posted by cashmoney
...By the time your 1st kid is 20 yrs old its dad will be 55/56 yrs old. If you hurry up and have another kid a yr or two after the first child...the dad will be damn near 60 yrs old when the second child is 20. In my view, that too old. He won't be able to do much with kids ( active things ). I don't know about most men, but when I have kids I want to be an active dad.
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I don't think 55/56 is too old to be a parent when your kids are in their 20's. My dad will be 56 this year. I'm the oldest (nearly 24) my brother is 20.
My mother was 30 when she had me, 34 when she had my brother. My dad was 32 and 36 respectively. He never had a problem being active with his kids. In fact he is still quite active. He plays ice hockey, coaches hockey for young kids, goes on canoe trips, etc, etc. My mum works out 4-5 days a week at the gym.
Also, since my parents were a little older than the average when when they had kids, they got to do many things that young parents never get to do. They traveled all around Europe and even lived and worked in Holland for a year.
It really depends on the people. If you think you're going to be inactive at 55, well then you're probably not taking good care of yourself now. 55 is not old anymore. My dad tried to get into an "oldtimers" hockey league and they said they didn't have any room for him. The league told him they the only way to get a space was to wait for someone to die. They have 70+ year old men still playing ice hockey. A very intense sport...both physically and mentally.