Congratulations! I am sure that this will be a child that is so filled with a family of love nothing else matters.God Bless your pregnancy and your life together learning all new experiences. What fun! Peace and love to you all.Connie Wisnasky

Reading this story made me smile. I’m glad his sons supported their Dad in his decision to have another child.

I agree it’s no one’s business but their own, but still, I find it highly irresponsible for ANY person — male or female — to parent a child when statistics show they will probably not live to see them graduate from high school, get married, have children of their own, etc.

True, as some of you have pointed out, ANY parent could die at any time, but the odds are much less likely that a 35 year old man will die when his child is under the age of 10.

No one should live life fearing death. That being said, good luck to them and their new baby and may whatever time anyone has with their children be meaningful.

Ella, I can get your point, but I think a 30 year-old suffers as much or more losing a parent than a 5 year-old. A parent is a parent and no matter your age you get hurt when you lose him/her. And besides a 30 year-old (for example) has more memories with that parent than a younger person, so would she/he suffer as much. Death is traumatic no matter your age, and no matter our age it’s a reality.
In the end that kid would have loved that parent as much, and wouldn’t switch in any condition.

I have nothing to say about the rightness or wrongness of this. I’m just amazed that it was still possible for him to father a child at 70!

Though I appreciate people not being judgmental, etc… I think the negative aftermath is not that the father will only have 5-10 years with his child, but the fact that the child will be losing a parent at a very young age. I think that losing a parent is extremely traumatic for any child of any age… I personally wouldn’t want to willingly submit my child to that… because, yes, I could die in a car accident tomorrow, but he is 70 YEARS OLD, that sort of makes it a guarantee that he will pass in that child’s young years. It might be right for them, but I just can’t get behind that.

I think everyone makes good points. I personally wouldn’t want to be with someone that old first of all and second of all I wouldn’t want to bring a child into this world with someone that old. But, not for the reason everyone is thinking (too old), but at that age I don’t know if that person would have the patients and energy to deal with and energetic and needy child. I would rather travel or something, esp. if I have already experienced having children. But, at the end of the day as long as its not me that is in that situation, than whatever makes a person happy, because that is a decision that they have to live with.

Anyway, congrats, but still awkward imo!

Nausicaa, I am sorry, but why SHOULD they have wanted to have adopted an older child? Every woman in childbearing age must certainly have the urge for biological children, and that is so totally normal. Yes, he is alot older than average fathers, but who are we to judge who “can” or “cannot” become parents? Congrats to them.