Should a 60 year old man become a dad?

[Irish Turtle]

He is more likely to be rich/financially stable but he is not in the same health as he was when he was younger.

 

[Stephanie Bustcakes]

What if you die at seventy? Then you've got a kid that loses his father at ten.

 

[The Last Stand]

Can humans even reproduce at that age? If so, that child will be mentally inefficient.

 

[ZeCommissar]

No, not in most cases. The only way I think a 60 year old man should become a father is if certain criteria are met.

1: He's very healthy for 60 and has taken care of himself very well. If you have a good chance of being decrepit in your 70s+ late parenthood should not be a consideration. No kid wants a weak father, and it puts undue stress on the mother since she will be the only reliable one to take of the kids physically. Being healthy at 60 is not the case for the majority of people since the average modern human being seems extremely adverse to actually taking care of their body.

2. He's with a woman that actually loves him and isn't just looking for some chump to kick the bucket soon so she can have his money. I don't know how many child bearing aged women in their 20s and 30s genuinely like older men that are 60+ years old. Even if women stayed fertile until death would you as a 25 year old man genuinely want to date a 60 year old women assuming you have other options?

One of the biggest problem is that even if you're healthy you can still get fucked up pretty badly from injuries at that age your body would have been able to effectively handle if you were 20 years younger. Now your knee is fucked and your 8 year olds wants to play, yet you can't really play with him like you could have if you just had them at a younger age.

Can humans even reproduce at that age? If so, that child will be mentally inefficient.

Men stay fertile their whole lives. A 80 year old man could get a woman pregnant. However mens sperm quality does decline with age so the chances of conception are lower, and there's studies showing that sperm from older men (50+) seems to have a higher chance of producing mongoloid children the same way a geriatric pregnancy can, which would have been my next point. Even if you're a healthy very well off 60 year old man (why the fuck didn't you have a kid 10 years ago?) there's still a chance sperm quality could get you.

 

[Stephanie Bustcakes]

sperm from older men (50+) seems to have a higher chance of producing mongoloid children

This is the whole reason this website exists.

 

[FatalTater]

Should a 60 year old man become a dad?

Hell. No.

The poor kid! I mean, their friends are going to be able to do fun things with their parents, but the one with a geriatric parent? No playful memories there.

Plus what 60 year old is going to want to get up at all hours with an infant?

What 65-70 year old is going to want to go to school plays or recitals or sportsball games or scouting events?

Imagine the poor kid having a buddy come over to play. "Is that your grandpa?" "No it's my dad, now we have to be quiet he's napping."

No babies for old men.

 

[beautiful person]

No.

Can humans even reproduce at that age? If so, that child will be mentally inefficient.

Unfortunately men can reproduce at any age. De Niro had a kid just last year.

 

[Irish Turtle]

Can humans even reproduce at that age? If so, that child will be mentally inefficient.

I think al pacino became a dad at 80

 

[Power Ranger Monster]

If he's white then A-OK.

 

[Grayson Death Carlyle]

Yes. We need more spergs. This man is investing in the site's future, he's planting the seeds for some goober to get his own thread here at in give or take 20 years.

 

[naaaaiiiiillllll!!!]

I don’t know, MAYBE if the would-be father saved his sperm at a sperm bank decades previously? That would prevent the “geriatric sperm” problem, but replace it with a “decades frozen sperm” problem. Still doesn’t fix the geriatric father not being able to be physically strong/active around his children, which I’m on the fence is actually an issue (many children have fathers with serious health conditions preventing them from “shooting hoops” together and turn out just fine).

 

[Neurotypical Mantis]

speaking from experience:
no. it makes the children autistic.

 

[Irish Turtle]

speaking from experience:
no. it makes the children autistic.

what are the exact odds I remember reading it was higher than average but by how much 1% or 20%

 

[BIG BILL HELL'S]

No. Next question?

 

[Neurotypical Mantis]

what are the exact odds I remember reading it was higher than average but by how much 1% or 20%

high enough for my brother to have it but not me

 

[Kiwisee]

There’s nothing more selfish than producing a child at a geriatric age for a couple of reasons:

1. Your kid will likely be autistic/severely retarded, due to poor quality of sperm. It doesn’t matter how young the mother is, or how healthy of a 60 year old you are, the genetic odds are already stacked against the poor kid.

2. Have you ever watched someone deteriorate from dementia/Alzheimer's/any other old fuck diseases? It’s horrifying to watch this happen to your parent when you’re an adult. You are potentially risking putting a child through watching you deteriorate like that, which can be highly traumatic for them. It’s unfair to have a kid, and then have that same kid experience watching their father wither away from complications related to old age. Again, it doesn’t matter how healthy of a 60 year old you are; you’re not immune to dementia. You are not immune to Alzheimer’s through eating healthy and staying fit.

Father Time waits for no one. 35 is a reasonable cut off age for most people, because once you hit your mid life you’ll already start to feel limited by your own age no matter what state your health is in. Anyone who says otherwise is coping real hard.

 

[Otterly]

I think al pacino became a dad at 80

I doubt al Pacino was up at night changing nappies and going to work on three hours broken sleep though.

Honestly anon I’d say no. I had my last one quite late and I was noticeably more knackered by it all than the first one. I’d worry I wouldn’t be there to see them grow up. The chances of autism etc do rise with male age but that’s not really the main issue I think - even if you’re very healthy, you’re going to be having a teenager when you’re 75, and that’s tiring. A lot of grandparents that age find it hard to keep up with kids just for short visits.
Are you planning on becoming a dad ?

 

[Apustajan apustaja]

If he is white, yes.

 

[Irish Turtle]

I doubt al Pacino was up at night changing nappies and going to work on three hours broken sleep though.

Honestly anon I’d say no. I had my last one quite late and I was noticeably more knackered by it all than the first one. I’d worry I wouldn’t be there to see them grow up. The chances of autism etc do rise with male age but that’s not really the main issue I think - even if you’re very healthy, you’re going to be having a teenager when you’re 75, and that’s tiring. A lot of grandparents that age find it hard to keep up with kids just for short visits.
Are you planning on becoming a dad ?

Im 24 lol, I read articles online about celebrties like robert de niro and al pacino becoming dads at old age so I decided to ask this question.

 

[Cardinal Cardinal]

No, at 60 you're probably limited in physical activities you can do with your son (not that, pervert). Your kid will have an unhealthy identity if their dad is wheelchair bound or you have more hospital visits than little league games.