Late fatherhood is a privilege nature bestows on men.
Divorced, widowed or simply late to bloom, older men have always been able to form new families. Little else was expected. Now, these men, often in their 50s or 60s, are expected to share with their wives the job of nurturing children. Many older men describe this new, more equal way of parenting as liberating. Changing times have given them the opportunity to connect with their second families as they never did with their first.