This is disgusting

[Adam]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1023792/The-girl-mummy-aged-70-says-lot-give.html

[Dongle]

She looks like she's wearing a wig. :eek:

I am sure she's a good mother to her young daughter - the age factor isn't related to parenting ability, e.g. there are many grandparents that look after their young grandchildren on a daily basis in order to allow both parents to work - but I agree it is rather weird to get used to the idea. And of course the expectation that there is a significant chance that she will die while her daughter is still very young, and whether that is fair on the child.

However, on the other hand, do we say it is disgusting that Des O'Connor had a baby with his young new wife at the age of 72?

[PJM]

It made me literally sick.

[Gemo52]

It’s a rather sad story, Adriana didn’t have any children but had had an abortion at 20 because doctors advised her that he baby might not develop properly. She divorced her husband after problems caused by political conflict. She works as a university professor which suggests she is of sound mind. A family feud over property has meant that she no longer has contact with them. Her explanation for having a child is, “I always wanted a child, but I was so busy, I never had a partner. It's only in recent years that IVF became available in Romania.”

Her parents lived into their 90s and she hopes to do the same which will mean her daughter will be an adult when she dies and she has made provision for her care if she doesn’t live that long.

[Adam]

I think it's incredibly selfish to have a child at 70 - purely for the reason she probably hasn't got very long to live, so the child will likely grow up without a parent.

[PJM]

I think it's incredibly selfish to have a child at 70 - purely for the reason she probably hasn't got very long to live, so the child will likely grow up without a parent.

Well, she has about 20 years at the most in my opinion, because at 90 she'll be too frail to do anything.

But yes I agree, the child will not live a normal life with parents that old.

I'll let you into a little secret, and I don't know whether you'll find it 'a bit sick'. My mum is 42 and my dad is now 60 so basically when my mum was born my dad was already 18, which sounds a bit sick.

That isn't quite the same as the above story, as I'm now going into age gaps between parents, though my dad doesn't look that old, despite being 60, he hasn't grown a grey hair.

[Gemo52]

I think it's incredibly selfish to have a child at 70 - purely for the reason she probably hasn't got very long to live, so the child will likely grow up without a parent.

I wouldn’t disagree that it is selfish but it is something that she has wanted for almost 50 years.

[Dongle]

Well, she has about 20 years at the most in my opinion, because at 90 she'll be too frail to do anything.

But yes I agree, the child will not live a normal life with parents that old.

I'll let you into a little secret, and I don't know whether you'll find it 'a bit sick'. My mum is 42 and my dad is now 60 so basically when my mum was born my dad was already 18, which sounds a bit sick.

That isn't quite the same as the above story, as I'm now going into age gaps between parents, though my dad doesn't look that old, despite being 60, he hasn't grown a grey hair.
An 18 year age gap isn't that excessive, in my opinion, esp from middle age on. 60-42 is less obvious than, say, 36-18.

What would people consider an abnormal age gap anyway? :confused:

[Gemo52]

It depends on the people. I think my maternal grandfather was about thirty years older than my maternal grandmother and they had five kids. I never knew him, but when my Mum and her sisters get to gether I hear lots of interesting stories about him. He was something important in the Salvation Army and claimed to never drink but my Aunt said that he used to make wine and nobody ever know what happened to the wine he made. :D :D

[Adam D]

It just doesn't look right, she looks all bones and i cannot see the child living a normal life.

Is she going to run after her in the parks and play with her?

[papa]

A child is not a possession. A child is a person.

[Dongle]

Well a lot of the papers today were running an interesting story about research showing that children benefit from grandparents in their upbringing: 'Children happier under care of grandparents' (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2071290/'Children-happier-under-care-of-grandparents'.html)

Obviously in this case, Adriana Illiescu is the mother, but she might as well be the grandmother figure to her daughter too.

It sounds like she's doing a good job as a mother:

"Eliza, who is advanced for her age, can count, do simple sums, and loves reading and painting, even picking out her favourite artists." (from the OP article)

[Adam]

A child is not a possession. A child is a person.

Where do they sell them?