[AnotherUnixGeek]

Even if she passes on before the kid reaches adulthood

And there's a good chance she won't. Life expectancy is increasing, new medical advances are made every year - there's a good possibility she can see this kid graduate from college, maybe even live to see this kid's child.

Situations like this are going to become more common. Women who've postponed child-birth into their 40s and 50s to pursue a career can and probably will pursue the options medical science keeps opening up to them - and good for them.

[twippo]

My local paper ran a story about a family with five living generations. Newborn baby, mom 20, grandma 41, greatgrandma 70, great-greatgrandma 93.

[freedumb2003]

Situations like this are going to become more common. Women who've postponed child-birth into their 40s and 50s to pursue a career can and probably will pursue the options medical science keeps opening up to them - and good for them.

Yes, selfishness is always to be rewarded. The hell with the kid.

This is a delayed reaction version of having Nannies and other strangers raising kids. The hell with the kid, the "fulfillment" of the mom is all that matters.