Governor Scott said his dad died 13 years ago (heart attack) leaving mom to raise him from age 6.
His parents were in their fifties when he was adopted. That’s not the usual recipe for success.
Don't forget the huge number of children that are literally being raised by grandparents of all ages some even in their 70's and 80's. . .
Sometimes there is no choice. DH and I adopted our granddaughter in our mid 50’s. What were we supposed t do? Let her drug addled parent raise her with whatever drug dealer her mother moved in with?