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The age might very well be correlation, not causation. Wealthy 50-years-olds having their firstborns, then promptly leaving them vast inheritance — boom! you g
by ilammy 5y ago
The age might very well be correlation, not causation.
Wealthy 50-years-olds having their firstborns, then promptly leaving them vast inheritance — boom! you get “successful” children merely because they got quite a boost. Meanwhile, you don't see not-so-wealthy 50-years-olds having new kids because they had them already at 25 and that was enough.
Also, there is a whole host of implications from having kids earlier. Like, you being just 30 when they go to school — or young adults having 65-year-old parents to care of when they'd be rather establishing their own life.
- nostromo 5y agoI’m not just talking about wealth… Look at our prison population and you’ll find people raised by a very young single parent. Look at people that graduate from university and you’ll see the opposite. It strongly correlates with just about any measure you can think of. And it is true across race, gender, immigration status, etc.