[Linny]

Ahhh, Josie (previous post) you took the thoughts right out of my head this morning! LOL
Personally, I'm saddened they felt they had to have an heir; but I don't understand IVF treatments at all anyway............so there's a difference of view right there.
It's true no one seems to have any difficulty with older 'stars' having babies. In fact, it's seen as somewhat WONDERFUL, isn't it?

And, as far as 'what's old'? We didn't have (adopt) our first baby until dh and I were a 'whopping' 23yrs old. Our second baby came at the OLD age of 25yrs! And I tell ya, that was back in '80 and '82....and EVERYONE thought 23 and 25 WERE REALLY OLD AGES to be adopting! So, that just goes to show you how views of 'being older' have changed over the years, believe me!

I KNOW my grandparents of 70 could have handled babies; and we have friends in their mid 60's who've just adopted a sib group...the youngest being only around 18months now (the baby came as a newborn). They're young at heart, keep up with the best of 'em'.
It's a frame of mind; and it really depends on how long you've been parenting, I think. Had we stopped at the first two, and started babies again in our mid-forties (as we did), I think parenting would have taken on a completely different viewpoint. But, we were already parenting little ones from foster care, so that made a difference.

At lot also has to do with 'how you consider raising children'? Some people see it as a phase of 'you do this, then you do that, and then you look toward retirement, etc.'

Others see it as a constant thing.........believeing that raising children is their niche in life and doing it as long as they can. '' Full Retirement' as a lot of folks view it, is often a four letter word to them; and they can't imagine their lives w/o having children running around.

As for dh and I....we couldnt' care less if there're ever grandbabies. That's for our kids to decide...not us. And, in terms of an heir.......who gives a flying flip! LOL

Sincerely,

Linny