Is Stevie Wonder too old to be a father (again) at 64?
by Carder
We expect more from moms than dads, which is why Wonder having a baby at 64 doesn’t cause anyone to bat an eye. But it should. I think there should be a cut-off age for dads, just as there is for moms. I think there’s a reason that women’s reproductive organs have a shelf life: We should have children younger. It is mother nature’s way of saying: “Look, you need energy and stamina to raise kids. Do it when your body can recover and your mind can handle it.”
It’s tragic that women struggle to conceive in their 40s while men can procreate at almost any age, but just because men can doesn’t mean they should.
~ Suzanne Janesse chastising 64-year old R&B singer Stevie Wonder for fathering his ninth child, Babble, December 20
Blast from the past: Wonder’s 1976 hit “Isn’t She Lovely” celebrating the birth of his daughter Aisha…
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVvkjuEAwgU[/youtube]
Jill Stanek is a nurse turned speaker, columnist and blogger, a national figure in the effort to protect both preborn and postborn innocent human life.
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CHOICE!!!
I had to ask, who does this judgmental woman think she is? She feels too busy to care for her own children, so Wonder must not be able to parent? With over a thousand blog entries, guess why Miss Judgy-pants feels a little harried? Maybe time to put down the the keyboard and look to your own family.
I’m 41 and I’m hoping there’s still time for me. Sorry, Suzanne.
I was nearly 42 when I had our daughter, b.
Don’t give up. ;)
Thanks, Pamela. Is she your first kid?
Dearie me, the sheer gall of someone criticizing the reproductive choices of others. That’d never happen here would it.
The fact is we are discovering more and more about the increased risks associated with older eggs and the sperm of older males.
“Reproductive choices.”
One is for life.
One is for death.
Try to keep up Reality.
As the 62 yr. old father of three children aged 11, 9 & 7, my immediate thought is “Go Stevie!!”.
Nothing to keep up with in the life or death thing. It’s still reproductive choices, that’s the point.