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I think that comes from biology, many men can have children in their 70s, most women have problems past 35 (my piano teacher almost died in the age of 41 while

• ChuckNorris89 7y ago
  >many men can have children in their 70s Just because you can have an erection and produce sperm at 70 doesn't mean you can have children and if you do they'll most likely suffer from down syndrome or other conditions. Having kids after 45 as a male carries risks for the children as well.
  • cmdshiftf4 7y ago
    >if you do they'll most likely suffer from down syndrome Please cite something for this assertion or delete it, as it is not in line with anything I've read on the matter. Increased paternal age carries some potential for increased side effects for their children, but it is absolutely nowhere near the risks involved in a delayed pregnancy for women [0]. [0]https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/07/well/family/older-fathers-more-likely-to-have-babies-with-health-problems.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/07/well/family/older-fathers...
  • blacksmith_tb 7y ago
    Though there's some biological risk[1], it seems obvious the real problem is that you'll be dead before your kid is in college (and I am skeptical about how involved you could be in parenting before that...) 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paternal_age_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paternal_age_effect
  • ewindal 7y ago
    > they'll most likely suffer from down syndrome or other conditions An order of magnitude higher chance of genetic defects isn’t very significant when the initial risk is less than .1%