Does a man have a biological clock? OK, so we’ve heard about men having babies (or at least one man having a baby )…but what about other men on the planet?
There’s some research out today ) that seems to support the fact that – if you are a bloke – you too should worry about the timing of your babies.
By the way, I’m a man and my alarm hasn’t gone off yet. And I’m 31.
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Now that this discovery has come to light, the pressure will slightly shift to the males, the previously carefree attitude some men have towards having kids willl definitely change, just as it is with every other endevour that has a time counting down, this will be a wake up call to men around the world to beat the clock and have babies before it’s too late
I don’t think men have biological clocks, but they should be young enough to take full responsibility for caring for their children, and I don’t think this is possible past 40 or so..
Good. Like the world really needs more people anyways?
Well, this is not completely surprising, such data has been out there for quite a while, this group just compiled the data and put it into context. It’s also known that older fathers are more likely to pass on Huntington’s disease to their children.
My father was 41 years old when I was born, and he always used his progressed age as an excuse for not doing “fun stuff” with his family (had actually more to do with being stingy, but, you know…
), so I was careful not to become an “old parent”.
There is a time for everything under the sun. A time to live and a time to die. In between these two points a hell of a lot can happen or not happen. I am 62 years old with a 5 year old. I simply could not imagine my life without my child. It has forced me to become and stay physically fit as I plan to be around to see my child into adulthood and engage in a wide range of activities.
The reality is men do have a biological clock. There comes a time when the production of sperm significantly drops. At the same time, the ratio of health sperms to damaged sperms increases as does the chances for birth defects. Also, the sex drives decreases which should be offset by the increase in the quality of sex (assuming history of practice and experience kicks into play). Just as the quality of my relationship with my child is qualitatively better than most younger fathers. I deeply appreciate the incredible gift and responsiblity which came with the birth of my child. My commitment is stronger (not better), I live with my child and spend a great deal of time parenting, dance lessons, music lessons, play dates, playing with and just hanging out with my child. I have a great deal of patience and allow my child to vent when they need, include my child in decisions affecting them, and hold them accountable at an age appropriate level. My 44 yr old wife says I am a single parent with a wife.
Finally, a man has yet to give birth to a child. A woman who had significant features of her female body altered but who kept her reproductive system, activated her original equipment and produced a child.
I’ve always pictured having my child no later than my early 30s. I, as Katharina expressed wouldn’t want to be an ‘old parent’. I want to be able to have all of the fun I can with my child or children while they are young and I am able. I’m not terribly concerned about my ‘biological clock’ though. I’m not nearly old enough to have to worry about it.
No of course not this just misleading meida hype , So what if sperm quality declines at 35 and even more past 40,there are still millions of sperm all present and correct and if the individual is physically fit I am sure the odds would be greater.
I know men my age (27 to mid thirties) who have urges to find a woman so they can have a kid. I had my son early and LOVE it (he’s 7 and I’m 27). People say we act like brothers. They are amazed that we have so much fun together, yet I’m so strict with him. I think thats an advantage of having kids not too late in life
-Anthony, LA, CA
I think that one of the tragedies of Western life is that young adults are financially unable to form solid families in their 20′s. This divides the parents into the “oops” parents, frequently single, and the late parents in their 30′s and 40′s. The financial divide between these two groups separates them and creates friction where unity in establishing strong communities is needed.
A couple having their first child in their 30′s has a much higher risk of birth defects and health complications at a time when their parents are entering the years when their health may be fading. The absence of grandparents in a child’s life can be an anchor when they have to compete with other kids with physically able and engaged extended families.
With both parents working there is nobody home to establish and maintain community ties. Therefore the kids are shuffled from one planned activity to another by paid kid herders until they are old enough to object; typically at puberty when they need the most guidance.
In Africa it takes a village to raise a child; in the US it takes a taxi.
It is true that men have biological clocks….
Dennis
Onondaga Community College
Syracuse, New York
United States of America
A symble of faith & harmony the holy shrine of ” Khwaja Ghreeb Nawaz Ajmaree” located in India in the same compound we will find two more graves, according to the histry & mirickle of the wish accepting a sheman demanded baby & he got awarded, unfortunity after the birth both She man & his kid died & left there graves as memorial & mirical of God or holly shrine.
Actually this all happen in 14th or 15th century by that time this pregrancy & birth of a child from she man considered as mirickle, any way now medical science can prove it with biological clock of a man.
Cell aging is a well known phenomenon in biology. The advent of genetic engineering and of the human genome opena up new frontiers plus with sex change who knows wht the future holds. Normal people may wish to exend cell life but who will like opposite sexes to take on the other’s sex functions.Perhaps freaks may when the science is ready fro them.