Became late mother? These are the advantages!
Clearly we know that every mother is the best mother she can be? completely independent of age. Nevertheless, here are a few good facts for all those who did not get offspring until the 30s or 40s. Because even if getting up at night certainly will not get easier with the years, a few things are really beneficial:
1. Older parents are happier, according to studies
In fact, there is scientific evidence that shows that older parents are more balanced than those who have had young children. Researchers have found that parents over the age of 34 experience a significant increase in satisfaction before and during their baby's birth. Incidentally, this also remains the case when the offspring is already larger.
2. You do not feel like missing something
Have you had everything before birth? So 25 to 35 years of which you could spend several decades at night and jump around in clubs. That's why you do not mind, if only now in the afternoon at 16 o'clock to "small Hänschen" really abdanct.
3. You do not get stretch marks that fast
No nonsense, in fact, age seems to play a role in stretch marks. Young mothers still have a very tight tissue? and of course that breaks faster. We do not have any specific figures at the moment, but it also opens up so that pre-stretched, softer connective tissue can withstand more. We would not have thought that we would be happy about our beautiful soft belly.
4. You already achieved what you wanted to achieve in the job
As a rule, you have had more time to start the job if you have not been a mother since you were 20 years old. This of course does not rule out that women who become young mothers have to be less successful. Apart from the fact that mothers earn less than women without children, a study by Danish and American scientists has shown that women who are only 31 or later mothers earn significantly more than younger mothers.
5. Older mothers are (often) more relaxed
At least that's what behavioral researchers at the University of Aarhus say. They want to find that they punish their children on average less than young mothers and less often verbally failing if their child behaves in ways that they do not like.
6. The children have better grades
The headline is a bit flat: In fact, Swedish researchers have shown in a study that the offspring of women who were between 35 and 39 years old had the best grades in the upper grades. That makes us hope ...
7. Getting children late is good for the brain
Researchers at the Universities of Stanford and Southern California have found that women who have their first baby at age 35 or older, after birth, have a better overall understanding, more ability to concentrate, more skilful planning strategies, and better memory. Did not you think so before? But must be true, if studies say so.
