What Age Is Too Old To Have Kids?

Posted on 03 19, 2007 under Master Debaters by gregoryng | View Comments

robertduvallwifemorThere's a post over on Blogging Baby, about Robert Duvall wanting to have kids. Apparently, the 76 year old actor, who has no kids, wants to still have them with his wife (who is 40 years younger than he is). The problem is apparently, he is shootin' blanks.

Sure, he may be able to afford to raise them, but as a 76 year old, don't you think his boat has sailed? Regardless of the age of his wife, isn't he basically setting his kids up for a lifetime without a father? Is it even fair to them or to his wife?

Which brings us to this week's question: 

What Age Is Too Old To Have Kids?

This is the latest installment in our Master Debaters Question of the
Week Series. There are some topics that seem to fall into the consensus
category: drunk driving is bad, guns kill people, Transformers are better than GoBots
. But that only covers less than 1% of the decisions you and your
spouse make towards the upbringing of your kids. The majority of issues
tend to fall more in the gray area.

Here at Noodad.com, we take pride in delivering important advice for
dads. But we realize that some of our advice is subjective. The
collected readership surely has things to add and unique perspectives
to contribute.

So, where do you weigh in?

 

Related Posts

  • Robert Duvall
    I WILL PLANT MY DEMON SEED WHEN AND WHERE I WANNA!

    I think I just soiled myself.
  • Its not just about the fact that he may not be around for that long. It\'s pretty easy to see kids running the hams off adults in their prime... grandparents aren\'t cut out as full time carers in most cases, simply cause they may not keep up! The only other option for them may be to goose-guard, which can lead to all sorts of possible complexes for junior...
  • Noodad
    His best role, hands down.

    Maybe he has a godfather younger than him picked out?

    \"Mr. Corleone is Johnny\'s godfather. To the Italian people, that is a very religious, sacred, close relationship.\"
  • redhawk
    but he\'s too old to have a kid.

    I think you have to split this up into two categories. The first would be the max age for a woman to bear a child, which should be determined by risk factors.

    As for fathers fathering biologically and individuals of both genders adopting, I think you have to think about where everyone will be in twenty and thirty years. There should be a goodly number of years between the last instance of the parent changing the child\'s diaper and the first instance of the child changing the parent\'s. I\'d put the cutoff at 50 for an infant, but in the case of adoption I\'d add years to the limit in accordance with the child\'s age (thus a 60-year-old could adopt a 10-year-old).

    That\'s my off-the-cuff response.

    And a big thumbs up for Mr. Duvall\'s performance in \'The Apostle.\'
blog comments powered by Disqus