> "even without children." ... "but it doesn't seem any different to learning any skill after a certain age" This couldn't be farther from the truth. There is

> "even without children." ... "but it doesn't seem any different to learning any skill after a certain age" This couldn't be farther from the truth. There is a vast difference between being shot from work and sitting down for a long stretch of time by yourself to self-study and being shot from work and sitting down for a long stretch of time while also being constantly interrupted by the responsibilities you have to care physically and emotionally for another set of human beings.