Reply #91: i am 56, my oldest will be 14 in 2 weeks

[dembotoz]

testing is a must.

there are some down sides to being an older parent.

It seems that i am always the oldest person in the room.
School activities, sports activities, cub scouts etc.
Some of the kids playmates will have grandparents younger than you
are....
You take your kid somewhere and someone says--Oh isn't it nice, Grampa brought you!
You run into a fair number of father son events that just don't work--My kid plays hockey-
Often their will be a friendly Father vs son game--ain't no way in hell that is gonna happen.

That being said
I would not trade him for anything
but i sure as hell don't want another one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!