Last Chance Children: Growing Up with Older Parents
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| Rating | : | 4.96 (765 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0231066945 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 170 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-09-29 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Dry, falls short of lofty goals" according to A Customer. It's really too bad there aren't more books (or research, for that matter) on this topic. I think the book sets out with a noble idea in telling the story from the point of view of the children of older parents, but falls short. Some of the stories were very touching, others, shallow. The book is a dry read, rather like examining a college thesis, but it's interesting to finally see the view from the children's -- not the sometimes overeager older parents' -- point of view. One of the more interesting aspects was in reading how the different subjects relate, not to the parents, but to other siblings. Not very scientific Nicole M. Masika If this is how they turn out, maybe the interviewees can persuade me not to have a late baby. The majority of the subjects sounded incredibly shallow and immature. Fortunately,the author revealed that she used the "snowball" method to find her subjects, i.e she knew someone, and they knew some more friends, and then they got their friends,etc. So I am hoping the sample was skewed.Some points raised as disadvantages of older parents were that they look different than other parentsand don't understand teenagers! What kid doesn't think that? Age of the parent has little to do with it. One legitimate co. "Top of My List -- of Useless Books" according to Onyx Parrot. To be quite honest, I am not sure how this author qualified to write an article for the Los Angeles Times, since her writing and organizations skills are so poor. Personally, I would not give her a passing grade in a course of Nonfiction 101. Despite the poor reviews, I bought this book anyway, hoping that it would somehow be better than the couple of bad reviews indicated. Sadly, it wasn't. Instead, it was worse. Much worse than I even anticipated. This book does not use ANY scientific method at all. It doesn't base its premise on any studies or research, other than a pathetic set of data from 18-2
Discusses the advantages and disadvantages of delayed childbirth, shares the impressions of people born to older parents, and describesthe characteristics of these adult children.