One big reason is careers. Many women are waiting until their careers are established, and they feel more financially secure before having children. Others have simply put off marriage and children in favor of a career. Divorce and remarriage also play a factor. Definite Advantages There are definite advantages to being mid-life parents.
Older men tend to be more involved fathers.
Co-director of the Center for Men at McLean Hospital, Belmont, Mass., and assistant psychiatry professor at Harvard. Fatherhood in the 1950s usually meant a distant male who went to work, supported the family, but left the child rearing to mom. Men of this era may not remember having much affection or physical contact from their dads. Today's dads are part of the team and are more committed to fatherhood. Parents are more established in their careers.