<p>Ah, yes! Had my last kid at 41.</p>
<p>52 (H) 59 (W) = 18 (S)
But we can run rings around the younger parents who think they know what busy is.</p>
<p>H=53 W=51 with DS=15 DD=9
In general we are some of the older parents at our kids schools, but like someone else mentioned we run rings around the youngsters with all the volunteering we do.</p>
<p>We’re both about 50 with kids 18, 16, and 12 … in our town and on CC we seem to be typical … but I have to admit when my youngest play travel sports we sometimes look like grandparents when a bunch of the opponents family’s had kids in the 20-22 age range so the parents are now 35 or so (and we’re 50).</p>
<p>I’m a 42 yr old cc mom with a 15yr old D who is jr. and is more ready for college than I ever was!</p>
<p>When my kids went to the public school in Texas, we were the oldest parents. When they went to the private school in the same city, we were average-aged.</p>
<p>46yo Texas mom here. My circle of friends from our kids’ schools (middle and HS) range from late 30s to 60, so we feel on the young side. In fact, I just learned my 60yo friend’s dh is 70, so that makes me feel really young.</p>
<p>Yes, I think that most CC parents had their kids in their 30s or older. CC parents seem to be more involved in their kids’ education than are most parents, and CC parents also seem to be in general more educated than is the norm for adults. From what I’ve noticed, the more educated a parent – particularly a woman-- is, the more likely they are to hace delayed parenting.</p>
<p>Hi, we are blessed to have one S…17…senior in HS…I am 57, H is 56…Graduate degrees…sometimes , I have felt like I stand out from the other parents…but, in a good way!</p>
<p>Our S has kept us young!</p>
<p>S1 was born when I was 36; S2 was born when I was 40 and 10 months. S2 is now 19 and 5 months. </p>
<p>You do the math.</p>
<p>Yeah, graduate degree here, and six years of childless marriage. Those were fun times.</p>
<p>H and I are both 51, and S is a 16 year old junior.</p>
<p>H and I both have grad degrees. We wanted a child somewhat earlier but nature decided to take her sweet time.</p>
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<p>At that age, I was expecting S2. “Pretty darned old” might apply to us geezers.</p>
<p>I am over 50 (still hate admitting that to anyone) but feel and look at least 10 years younger. My parents grew up in the depression :eek: and my mom had me at 41, back at a time when everyone had their kids pretty young. I remember being mortified on parent’s day in grade school when everyone thought my mom was my grandmother (she didn’t color her hair at that time).<br>
Having kids was great for me because I got to have all the fun and silliness that I missed as a child. I am still that way, and it keeps me young. No one believes I’m this old, and that’s fine by me!</p>
<p>I am 57 and H is 57 today! D is a soph in college. We are pretty much average among our friends.</p>
<p>I always say that my kids are why people perceive me to be younger than I really am. That and the fact I color my hair every four weeks. I’ll be moving my junior D1 into her dorm at 56, D2 at 58, and D3 at 60! Gives me shivers just to see it in black and white. I’d better be doubling up on vitamins and workouts now!</p>
<p>I’m 51; S is 15. </p>
<p>Been married almost two years now. :D</p>
<p>(Second marriage, though.)</p>
<p>Lol Lassie3</p>
<p>I’m 46 and my husband is 54. Kids are 16, 13, and 10. We met in grad school, married a year later, and then waited 6 years to have kids. DS1 was born 10 minutes after midnight on my 30th birthday! What a great surprise present, since he was two weeks early.</p>
<p>I started running two and a half years ago, and feel MUCH younger than I did then. I lost 35 pounds and even ran a half marathon in September. Life is good!</p>
<p>I am 57 and my wife is 49. We have one daughter who is a first-year in college and another who is a high school freshman. I think our ages were typical among the parents of our elder daughter’s college-bound friends. However, it did seem that a lot of the parents of the kids who did not plan on attending a four-year college were significantly younger – adding at least some anecdotal evidence in support of soozievt’s theory that parents who went on to grad or professional school waited longer to have children. On the other hand, most of the parents of the kids in DII’s class seem younger, some significantly younger, than us. And we don’t look that bad for people in our age bracket!</p>
<p>H and I are both 50. Kids are 18, 16 and 13. (It was certainly a year of “signficant birthdays.”) I’m pretty sure I’m the second oldest drill team mom. I think we both look pretty darned good for our ages. Of couse, sometimes I see these moms and compare myself to them (unfavorably) and then remember, “Oh yeah, she’s 14 years younger than I am.”</p>
<p>It’s even more brutal at dance company events. My child is 16 but their daughter in Company may be 6. And they may have had her at 20…I could easily be the mom of some of those moms.</p>