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To: Tax-chick

I'm not saying age has little to do with PREGNANCY (but, as this case proves, its relevance may be diminishing)--but little to do with caring for children! Where do you suppose the term "nanny" came from?


33 posted on 01/23/2005 7:59:55 AM PST by Mach9 (.)
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To: Mach9
Where do you suppose the term "nanny" came from?

From people who want to pretend that hired help is the equivalent of family. It's not true.

But I agree that older people can be effective parents. Although women cannot normally give birth in old age (and the fact that technology could allow this woman to incubate someone else's baby does not make it anything other than insane) men can certainly become fathers at any age, with younger women.

Or older couples can be adoptive parents, foster parents, rear grandchildren, etc. It's up to them to evaluate their ability to care for children.

However, we're not talking, in this particular case, about reasonable people rationally evaluating children's needs and the adults' fitness to meet them. We're talking about insanity.

37 posted on 01/23/2005 8:07:36 AM PST by Tax-chick (Wielder of the Dread Words of Power, "Bless your heart, honey!")
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