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This users comment got me thinking about it. It occurs to me that men do enjoy a certain privilege that women do not. We can start families in our 40s and build a strong healthy family by the time we pass away. Women are more or less excluded from this.

So is starting a family late in life a good idea? (Remember, Hitler was sired when his father was 55 years old.) Opinions and first-hand experience welcome.

https://poal.co/s/News/368212/d6b7cc34-c019-4fb2-b470-865d5a353bef#cmnts This users comment got me thinking about it. It occurs to me that men do enjoy a certain privilege that women do not. We can start families in our 40s and build a strong healthy family by the time we pass away. Women are more or less excluded from this. So is starting a family late in life a good idea? (Remember, Hitler was sired when his father was 55 years old.) Opinions and first-hand experience welcome.

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[–] • 3 pts

I think its better to wait. My brothers all had kids at a young age. I focused on schooling and my career and now am starting a family in my 40s with my 15 year younger wife. My brothers kids are ok but they grew up under unstable family circumstances. My family has been very stable and I have 4 kids (including one on the way). I couldnt even imagine having kids 20 years ago. I am nothing like the man I was then. I think I am a much better father than I could have been in my 20s and 30s.

[–] • 2 pts

Agreed. No children yet but i'd like to follow a similar path.

15 years younger? Perfect.

All the best, man!

[–] • 0 pt

I'm hoping I end up like this in the future. Similar age gap, but I'm mid 30s, one kid.

Do you homeschool? How long did you wait between kids?

[–] • 0 pt

I would love to homeschool. I was homeschooled. My wife doesn't want to. Fortunately we have the best rated headstart in the nation and our charter school teaches stuff like fishing, hunting, sugarbush, snowmobiling. I don't want to prep them for college for any reason, rather they should have life skills. A lot of my friends do homeschool their kids but they live quite a bit further from me. They are 6, 4, 2, and -2 months. Good luck to you also, their is no guidebook but just follow your gut. Fuck all this modernity! Go back to basics.