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23 sats \ 5 replies \ @Undisciplined 10 Jul \ parent \ on: Women Over 40 Are Now Having More Babies Than U.S. Teenagers charts_and_maps

If it were caused by women having children later at much higher rates, it would be fine.

Moar kids!

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63 sats \ 4 replies \ @denlillaapan 10 Jul

probably not, medically/physically speaking?

Aren't we biologically/socially better parents the younger we are? (More energy, better health, can take/suffer sleepless nights better)

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16 sats \ 2 replies \ @SimpleStacker 10 Jul

so that's why my students are getting dumber

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16 sats \ 1 reply \ @Undisciplined 10 Jul

Because you're older or because their parents are older?

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70 sats \ 0 replies \ @unboiled 11 Jul

Because they're having fewer kids?

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16 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined 10 Jul

I'd wager outcomes are better for kids with a 40 year old mom than for a kid with a 14 year old mom.

More importantly, these don't have to be first children. They could be additional children that would not have been had previously.

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